So far, their collaboration has resulted in 16 operations, 35 arrests, 12 convictions, and the seizure of around 21.5 metric tons of pangolin scales, more than half of it in 2024, and 1.065 metric ...

PUNS combines marking techniques used for turtles and hoofed mammals by gently drilling holes in selected scales along a pangolin’s back for permanent, minimally invasive identification.

In early December, a major anti-trafficking operation resulted in the arrest of a suspected pangolin scale broker and the seizure of over 2 metric tons of pangolin scales. Representing ...

The Kano-Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized 2,179 kilograms of pangolin scales in a joint enforcement operation with the Wildlife Justice Commission, WJC. This was contained ...

The Kano and Jigawa command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says its operatives have seized 2,179 kg of pangolin scales. A statement on Tuesday by Saidu Nuruddeen, the command’s public ...

Nuapada: Forest officials of Odisha and Chhattisgarh have seized as many as 765 pangolin scales and arrested four persons in this connection in Nuapada. According to sources, following a tip-off about ...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Kano/Jigawa Command and Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) have seized 2,179kg of pangolin scales. Kano/Jigawa Customs spokesman, Saidu Nuruddeen, who announced ...

The Kano/Jigawa command of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized 2,179 kilograms of pangolin scales in a joint enforcement operation with the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC). A statement by the ...

He said the seizure was made with the support of FOU Zone D and the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC), making it the third major seizure of pangolin scales by NCS and WJC this year. “This ...