According to latest reports, the New Zealand wildlife authorities on Wednesday said that they are still analyzing 25 items supposed to be developed out of elephant ivory and hawksbill turtle's shell, which were recently seized during a high-priority international investigation.

Earlier on Monday, the items were apprehended from Auckland and as per official statements they are still going through a forensic inspection to conclude their origin.

The reports were confirmed by Nick Hurst, the Spokesperson for Department of Conservation (DOC). "We still don't have the results back on that yet it could take a few days," he said in a phone interview", he said.

The items, three carved tusks, a fan and six statues, were detained in a foray conducted by the Wildlife Enforcement Group (WEG) of New Zealand, which consists of authorities from the Customs, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the DOC.

In the meantime, two men from Auckland were still trying to help WEG authorities with their investigation on Wednesday, added Hurst.

The incursion was carried out in chorus to a foray by the Police National Wildlife Crime Unit of Britain and the United Kingdom Border Agency in the English city of Cheltenham. During the raid, officials picked up two men over suspicions of the illicit dodging export restrictions and for buying two elephant tusks.

The raids narrowly resulted in the detection of two parcels having objects carved out of the tusks of African elephant at the Auckland Mail Centre. The packages were not having any permit for the import of ivory in New Zealand and as per a DOC statement; they were posted to England from Portugal.

"The two items seized at the Auckland Mail Centre have been tested and confirmed to have come from African elephant tusks", Hurst said.