he Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, has arrested two Chinese nationals and a Malian for attempting to smuggle out of the country over 21 kilograms of processed ivory and elephant tusks.
The alleged smugglers had concealed
the illegal items as hand bangles, hair attachment, building materials,
beads and decorative samples, it was gathered. They were smuggling them
through the cargo wing of the Lagos International Airport.
According to Customs, the items were
packaged as courier in 176 separate packages to be flown to Monrovia,
South Africa and China, before they were discovered and intercepted
during a joint examination by customs officers at the cargo sheds of the
Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
All items and the suspects, according
to the Public Relations Officer of the Airport Command of Nigeria
Customs Service, Mrs. Thelma Williams, will be handed over to National
Environmental Standards and Regulatory Enforcement Agency (NESREA) for
further actions.
According to her, if not for the
diligence of officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala
Mohammed Airport Command, the prohibited items would have been smuggled
out of the country against the worldwide practice of protecting
endangered wildlife species from extinction.
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