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Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by Additional Superintendent of Police Mohan Singh Bagyal, raided the gang's hideout at Bajpur and recovered the tusks, district police chief Ram Singh Meena told newsmen in Rudrapur, in Uttaranchal.
A gang member managed to escape, he said.
The arrested persons admitted during interrogation that they were also involved in the recent elephant killings at the Jim Corbett park, Meena said.
He said the gang members used to shoot down elephants with poisonous darts, from a 12 bore gun.
A case had been registered and further investigations are on, he added.
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