Photo shows mammoth tusks which were seized by the border guards from a cache in the Khabarovsk Territory in Russia, undated. The tusks are reportedly worth more than GBP 400,000. (Federal Security Service of Russia/Newsflash)
Russian Cops Step Up Activities Against Crooks Stealing Mammoth Tusks Rrom Melting Permafrost
Melting permafrost is yielding a bumper crop of mammoth tusks known as "ice ivory" which are being looted by treasure hunters in order to sell them abroad. At first glance,…