Customs intercepts 40-ft container of illegal wildlife products

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The Special Wildlife Office of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has intercepted a 40-foot container of illegal wildlife products in the eastern part of the country. Three suspects were also arrested in connection with the crime, barely six weeks after a similar seizure by Vietnam authorities.

The Nigeria Customs Service, in a statement made available to newsmen, and signed by Asst. Comptroller Abimbola Isafiade, said the operation was conducted by the combined efforts of the officers of the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone C, in a joint enforcement operation with the Wildlife Justice Commission, WJC.

' He also revealed that the team equally arrested a suspected supplier of ivory , adding that it's a clear signal to other perpetrators of these illegal acts, which are in contravention of the Customs Export Guidelines, Nigeria Customs Service Act, and the Endangered Species Act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that wildlife trafficking, illegal wildlife trade and any form of wildlife crime will not be condoned.

 

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