Agartala, Aug. 3 -- Tripura Police have successfully busted a wildlife smuggling racket in the Sonapur area of Kailashahar in Tripura's Unakoti district, seizing three elephant tusks on Saturday.

A police team, led by Sub-Divisional Police Officer Jayanta Karmakar, raided a house in Arvind Nagar, Khawra Bill Gram Panchayat, after receiving a tip-off.

During the search, they found the tusks hidden in a cupboard.

The house owner, identified as Mayub Ali, managed to escape before the raid and is currently on the run.

After the recovery, the Forest Department was immediately notified. A team led by Range Officer Shubhankar Biswas arrived at the scene and took custody of the seized tusks.

The ivory has been secured at the Range Office and...