Nigeria Customs Service (NIS) has intercepted 52 units of elephant tusks in Mfum, a border town of Ikom Council of Cross River. The Area Comptroller, Cross River / CFTZ /Akwa Ibom Command (NIS), Malam Ahmed Waziri, said this at a news conference in Calabar, yesterday.
Waziri said the arrest was made by the operatives of the NIS in Mfum on Thursday, adding that the tusks, weighing 200kg, were valued at N300 million.
He said that a Cameroonian, Mohammed Ibrahim, was arrested with the items, saying the suspect was believed to be on his way to Lagos for onward transportation of the items to another location when he was apprehended.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted Waziri as saying that a preliminary investigation had revealed that the suspect specialised in the exportation of tusks across international borders.
