Ogun Customs intercepts three live pangolins, says traffickers risk 12m fine, 10 years jail term

The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun I Command, has intercepted 3 unrecorded pangolins concealed successful sacks astatine Abeokuta waterside successful a large cognition against wildlife trafficking.

The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Deputy Superintendent of Customs, Chado Zakari, disclosed this successful a connection connected Thursday.

Zakari said the patrol team, acting connected credible intelligence, intercepted the endangered taxon abandoned by suspected smugglers who fled connected sighting Customs operatives.

He said the pangolins were recovered tightly bound successful ligament mesh cages and concealed successful sacks, a cruel method utilized by traffickers to evade detection.

According to him, the blase packaging suggests the engagement of an organised smuggling syndicate.

The Ag. Customs Area Controller, Ogun I Command, Deputy Comptroller Abdulhamid Ibrahim, handed implicit the rescued pangolins to Green Finger Wildlife Conservation for rehabilitation and eventual merchandise into a protected habitat.

Speaking during the handover, Ibrahim said pangolins are listed arsenic endangered taxon nether Nigerian instrumentality and are protected by the Endangered ...