CUSTOMS FOILS ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE ENDANGERED SPECIES INTO NIGERIA AT CALABAR BORDER. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

Customs Foils Attempt to Smuggle Endangered Species into Nigeria at Calabar Border Officers and Men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Cross River/Calabar Free Trade Zone/Akwa Ibom Area Command, have intercepted a large consignment of illegal wildlife products at Calabar's Mfum/Ekok Joint Border Station. Speaking at a press briefing in Calabar on Monday, 24 March 2025, the Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Chukwudi Ogbonna, disclosed that the items were intercepted from a traveller entering Nigeria from Cameroon during a routine baggage inspection at the border station on Wednesday, 12 March 2025. "The individual was found in possession of 213 parrot heads, 29 packs of parrot feathers,128 African hornbill heads, 5 eagle heads, 1 pack of eagle feathers, 2 chimpanzee heads, 4 hands, and 4 legs. The suspect was arrested and detained, pending further investigation", the CAC stated. Comptroller Ogbonna emphasised the severity of the crime, citing violation...
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