The Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Deputy Comptroller Timi Bomodi, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday.
Browsing: Pangolin Scales
The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) disclosed this in a media conference in Lagos, on Monday.
The Nigeria Customs Service, Zone A has seized 147 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 9,504.1kg worth N10.26 billion.
The Federal Government has initiated investigations into the alleged trafficking of over 2,500 kilograms of Pangolin Scales and 600 kilograms of Ivory Tusks seized by the Vietnamese Customs Service.
The Federal Government has initiated investigations into the seizure by the Vietnamese Customs Service of over 2,500 kilograms of Pangolin Scales and 600 kilograms of Ivory Tusks as well as seizures by the Hong Kong Custom Service of 8,200 kilograms of Pangolin Scales and 2,000 kilograms of Ivory Tusks alleged to have originated from Apapa Seaport in Lagos, Nigeria.