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Police seize ivory worth 10 million baht in trafficking crackdown
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BANGKOK — 11 May 2026, Thai police and wildlife authorities have dismantled a transnational illegal ivory trafficking network, arresting nine suspects and seizing more than 250 kilogrammes of ivory and wildlife products worth nearly 10 million baht ($270,000).
The operation, code-named “Broken Ivory: Operation Elephant Slayer”, was announced on Sunday by the Central Investigation Bureau, the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division and the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.
Investigators said the crackdown targeted administrators of secret online trading groups allegedly involved in the illegal sale of ivory, dugong tusks and other wildlife remains.