Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ have intercepted a consignment of Pangolin scale and its derivatives within Kebbi state axis of the Zone, with value at the International market of over N3.9 billion.Comptroller Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ Kaduna,said a suspect was arrested in connection with the seizure while the main suspect was currently at large.
“Between that time and today which is barely two weeks, our operatives have upped-the-ante in the combat against smuggling of protected species and successfully intercepted a consignment of Pangolin scale and its derivatives within Kebbi state axis of the Zone,” he said. It is instructive that Nigeria is signatory to the CITES Convention and all forms of trading in this species are clearly illegal.
“The value of this seizure at the International market is Three Billion, Nine Hundred and Fifty-Five Million, Five Hundred and Ninety-Six Thousand Naira only.”