Nigeria: Govt Probes Trafficking of Nigeria's Pangolin Scales, Ivory to Vietnam, Hong Kong

21 February 2019

Abuja — The federal government has commenced investigations into the seizure by the Vietnamese Customs Service of over 2,500 kilogrammes of pangolin scales and 600 kilogrammes of ivory tusks as well as seizures by the Hong Kong Custom Service of 8,200 kilogrammes of pangolin scales and 2,000 kilogrammes of ivory alleged to have originated from the Apapa seaport in Lagos.

The Minister of Environment, Suleiman Hassan Zarma, disclosed this while reacting to media reports on the seized items which are said to have high-market values, especially the Pangolin scales used as medicinal ingredients in parts of Asia, particularly China.

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