Sri Lanka, Aug. 24 -- Two suspects were arrested with three pieces of elephant tusk and a tooth during a raid conducted by a team of wildlife officers in the Diyabeduma Unauthorized Settlement area in the Henanigala wildlife zone.

The three pieces of elephant tusks are believed to be from three different elephants. The tooth is believed to be that of a wild elephant.

Wildlife officials said investigations are under way to determine whether the suspects had got the tusks and tooth by killing wild elephants.

The two suspects were produced before the Dehiattakandiya Magistrate's Court and were remanded until August 28. The raid was carried out on information received by Assistant Wildlife Range Officer of the Maduru Oya-Henanigala Wildlif...