Nigeria Customs intercepts pangolin scales, others worth N952 million
TODAY File Photo The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Area Command has intercepted pangolin scales and other mixed endangered species meant for export, worth N952 million. Comptroller Mohammed Abba-Kura said at a media briefing on Tuesday in Lagos that the items were contained in a one unit 20 feet container with number CSLU 2362640 heading to Haiphong, Vietnam. He said that the items, falsely declared as furniture component, comprised 162 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 8,800kg and 57 sacks of mixed endangered species of various sizes such as ivory/animal horns, lion bones and others....