Bangalore police has arrested 2 suspected ivory poachers and recovered a pair of tusks and an elephant "pearl"—a bony growth found within the cavity of tusks, reports the Khaleej Times

Rare elephant pearl and tusks recovered; two poachers held
Khaleej Times
20 July 2008

BANGALORE - The Bangalore police apprehended two poachers and recovered from them a rare elephant pearl along with a pair of tusks.

Acting on a tip-off, the Bangalore police arrested two youths on Seshadri Road in the city when they were trying to sell the elephant pearl popularly known as ‘Gajamuthu’ and a pair of tusks that had been concealed in a bag.

The elephant pearl, which is in the shape and size of a hen’s egg, is expected to fetch a high price in the international market, police officials said.

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