The Odisha special task force on Sunday arrested a poacher for possessing three elephant tusks weighing 10 kg each and other incriminating materials, according to an official press statement.

On receiving a tip-off, an STF team conducted a raid with the help of Birmaharajpur Forest Officials on Sunday morning near village Jubaranisitapur in Subarnapur district and nabbed the culprit identified as Ranjan Mahakud.

A special drive against the wildlife poachers is still continuing.

The STF has in recent raids seized as many as 27 leopard skins, 18 elephant tusks, and seven deer skins, 12 live pangolins, 3.40 kg of pangolin scales, two leopard teeth, 29 leopard claws, 46 live wild parrots with the arrest of 65 wildlife criminals.