Customs intercepts three live pangolins in Lagos

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’, Ikeja, says it intercepted three live pangolins during an anti-smuggling operation within the zone.
The Unit’s Public Relations Officer, Hussaini Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
“Upon sighting the Customs patrol team, the suspected traffickers abandoned the consignment and fled into the surrounding swamp, leaving behind the animals,” Abdullahi said.
Abdullahi said the animals were intercepted on Monday morning after officers, acting on credible intelligence, stopped a sack containing the endangered species hidden inside a wire mesh cage.
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