<p>Two suspected ivory smugglers were caught trying to sell two elephant tusks on HMT Main Road near Jalahalli in northern Bengaluru on July 17. </p>.<p>Police said that Unnikrishnan, 35, from Mettupalayam, Tamil Nadu, and Jayaseelan, 38, from Anakaputhur in Chennai, were arrested following a tip-off. Police quoted them as saying that Vijay, a man from Erode, had supplied the tusks. Efforts are on to nab him. </p>.<p>Police said they had seized two tusks — 33 and 31 inches long — from the two men. A magistrate later remanded the men in the police custody for 10 days. Police intend to interrogate them to find out whether they had stored away more tusks. </p>
<p>Two suspected ivory smugglers were caught trying to sell two elephant tusks on HMT Main Road near Jalahalli in northern Bengaluru on July 17. </p>.<p>Police said that Unnikrishnan, 35, from Mettupalayam, Tamil Nadu, and Jayaseelan, 38, from Anakaputhur in Chennai, were arrested following a tip-off. Police quoted them as saying that Vijay, a man from Erode, had supplied the tusks. Efforts are on to nab him. </p>.<p>Police said they had seized two tusks — 33 and 31 inches long — from the two men. A magistrate later remanded the men in the police custody for 10 days. Police intend to interrogate them to find out whether they had stored away more tusks. </p>