Seized shipment of pangolin scales "disguised" as personal items

DNUM_BHZAIZCABF 10:24

The Customs Department 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 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.

Hải quan cửa khẩu sân bay quốc tế Tân Sơn Nhất đã tạm giữ lô hàng.
Tan Son Nhat International Airport Customs has temporarily detained the shipment.

Pangolin is a rare animal species 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.

Tê tê là loài động vật quý hiếm đang đứng trước nguy cơ tuyệt chủng
Pangolin is a rare animal that is facing extinction.

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

According to Infonet

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