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  • Customs impounds pangolin scales worth N10.26bn in Lagos

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone A, has seized 147 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 9,504.1kg worth N10.26 billion. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Retired Col. Hameed Ali disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos on Tuesday. Pangolin scales, like rhino horn, have no proven medicinal value, yet they are used in traditional Chinese medicine…