Officials in Nigeria — a hub for illegal wildlife trafficking — have seized a record amount of pangolin scales, claws and elephant tusks.
The seizure, worth 22 billion naira , included 17,137 kg of pangolin scales, 44 kg of elephant tusks and 60 kg in pangolin claws, Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Ali, comptroller-general of customs, said in a statement.Ali said authorities had arrested three foreign nationals and were pursuing a fourth, whom he described as the kingpin of the operation."The suspects arrested will soon have their date in court as NCS will leave no stone unturned to bring them to justice," Ali said.
They blame insecure borders, lax law enforcement, corruption and access to large ports. Read MoreAli said customs was working with British, U.S. and German officials as well as international organizations to step up counter-smuggling operations.
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