DOOMDOOMA, April 12 -- A police patrol team from Makum Police Station in Tinsukia seized two elephants in the wee hours today.
According to police, the domesticated elephants were being carried illegally in a truck bearing the registration number BR 01 GH-0435 from Lathao of Namsai district in Arunachal Pradesh to Odisha.
Police handed over the elephants along with the truck to the DFO, Doomdooma.
The forest department has started an inquiry into the matter. The truck operator has since produced some documents, but their authenticity is still being verified.
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