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Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is leaving no stone unturned on their commitments to end Illegal wildlife trade as its Special Wildlife Office and the Customs Police Unit in a joint enforcement operation with Justice Commission arrest three alleged illegal wild life traffickers.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested three persons for the alleged illegal export of elephant tusks to Asia. The men were nabbed at different locations in Lagos on January 25, 2024, and February 4 and 6, 2024, for allegedly facilitating the sale and export of five pieces of elephant tusk, weighing 25.35kg, and worth about $16,000 (N23,520,000.00k).