title : News :Animal parts worth $1m sent from Nigeria have been seized in Malaysia
kiungo : News :Animal parts worth $1m sent from Nigeria have been seized in Malaysia
News :Animal parts worth $1m sent from Nigeria have been seized in Malaysia
Malaysian authorities have seized elephant tusks and pangolin scales from Africa worth almost a million dollars. The contraband items was found in two separate raids in the cargo terminal of Kuala Lumpur’s main international airport over the weekend.
Senior customs official, Pudzi Man said In the first raid, authorities found 23 ivory tusks, weighing 75.7 kilograms (167 pounds) with an estimated value of 275,000 ringgit ($64,150). “Customs officers seized two boxes which contained a large quantity of elephant tusks. The tusks had been sent from Nigeria, and the cargo was listed as food items', he said.
Separately, officials found six sacks containing 300.9 kilograms (663 pounds) of pangolin scales worth 3.86 million ringgit ($900,500), said Pudzi.
So far, no arrests have yet been made over the seizures,but it is a well known fact that Elephant tusks are in high demand in parts of Asia, especially China and Vietnam, where the ivory is prized for decorative purposes and in traditional medicine. Source : Linda Ikeji Blog
Hivyo makala News :Animal parts worth $1m sent from Nigeria have been seized in Malaysia
yaani makala yote News :Animal parts worth $1m sent from Nigeria have been seized in Malaysia Wakati huu, pengine unaweza kutoa faida na wewe wote. Sawa, kuona katika post nyingine makala.
Wewe ni sasa kusoma makala News :Animal parts worth $1m sent from Nigeria have been seized in Malaysia mahali kiungo https://wordmaelezo.blogspot.com/2017/08/news-animal-parts-worth-1m-sent-from.html
0 Response to "News :Animal parts worth $1m sent from Nigeria have been seized in Malaysia"
Post a Comment