Tag: snakes
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Kidnappers used poisonous snakes to terrorise us – Victims
Abducted victims recently freed from captivity have revealed that kidnappers used poisonous snakes to terrorise them. Some of them, who recounted their ordeals in separate interviews with NAN, said that there were many snakes in the forests inhabitated by the bandits.
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Smugglers of imported snakes disappear from custody
The two suspects that were arrested in connection with the smuggling of consignments containing 140 different species of snakes and 660 other animals imported into Nigeria from Cameroon have disappeared from the custody of the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services in Cross River State. The suspects, identified as Julius Novigana and Victor Agbor, were handed over…
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FG investigates importation of 140 snakes, 660 other animals from Cameroon
The Federal Government says it has commenced investigation to uncover the importers of three consignments containing 140 species of snakes and 660 other animals imported into Nigeria from Cameroon. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the Nigeria Customs Service on July 26 intercepted three consignments containing 140 species of snakes and 660 other animals…
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Customs confiscate 140 imported snakes, 660 other animals
Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday intercepted three consignments containing 140 species of snakes and 660 other animals imported into Nigeria from Cameroon. The containers were brought in aboard a Cameroonian vessel, MV Flesh, through the Calabar waterways to the National Inland Waterways Authority jetty in Calabar, Cross River State. The other animals which were identified…