PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): An attempt to smuggle dozens of endangered falcons worth more than a million dollars out of Pakistan has been foiled.
Customs officials claimed on Saturday seizing 75 falcons and a houbara bustard near Karachi in an anti-smuggling operation.
Senior customs officer Mohammad Saqif Saeed told AFP: “The birds are listed as rare and endangered species and their trade is strictly banned.”
Without identify the species, he estimated their value of the birds at about Rs200m (over $1m) on the black market.
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