Overview
- CDFW’s Special Operations Unit reports finding at least nine suspected rhino horns and thousands of elephant ivory pieces at an L.A. County business.
- All seized samples are being analyzed at the agency’s Wildlife Forensics Lab for species confirmation.
- Investigators also recovered several large intricately carved tusks and a sea turtle shell.
- Authorities have not identified the business or disclosed its precise location during the active probe.
- Enforcement is grounded in AB 96’s 2016 ban, and officials are soliciting CalTIP reports while warning that demand fuels poaching and organized crime.