Seized shipment of pangolin scales "disguised" as personal belongings

The Customs Branch of Tan Son Nhat International Airport (HCMC) said that this agency has just seized a shipment of more than 40kg of pangolin scales illegally imported into Vietnam.

Accordingly, through the inspection of a shipment originating from Nigeria via Türkiye to Tan Son Nhat airport declared as personal belongings, the airport customs force discovered suspicion and conducted an inspection. Thereby, 42.2 kg of scales of the African pangolin (scientific name Manis Tricuspis, an endangered species) were discovered.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport Customs has temporarily detained the shipment.

Pangolin is a rare animal facing extinction, listed in the list of wild animals and plants regulated in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

Pangolin is a rare animal that is facing extinction.

Currently, the Tan Son Nhat International Airport Customs Branch is temporarily detaining and sealing the above shipment to verify its origin./.

According to Infonet