Nigeria: giant seizure of elephant tusks and pangolin claws

(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 05 - Massive seizure in Nigeria of elephant tusks and pangolin claws destined for the illegal trade in wild species. The local authorities announced this, underlining that it was a "record quantity", for a value of 54 million dollars: over 17,100 kilograms of pangolin claws and parts and 44 kilos of elephant tusks the illegal batch seized, the colonel said in a statement. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, general customs officer.

    Ali - CNN reports - has announced that three foreign citizens have been arrested and a fourth person is being investigated, believed to be the mastermind of the illegal operation. (HANDLE).