Nigeria: Nigerian Customs seizes 9,493kg of Pangolin scales — Africa Links 24

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, said it seized 9,493 kg of pangolin scales in one of the largest wildlife crime busts in recent years.

The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this in a statement obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos.

Mr Adeniyi said that the feat was the service’s bold step in the global fight against wildlife trafficking,

“The Kano/Kaduna operation yielded 2,293 kg of pangolin scales, leading to two…