DJIBOUTI-VILLE, Djibouti, June 13, 2001 - Traders in the city center marketplace openly selling wildlife products restricted under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) were raided Friday by government authorities on a mission. With the assistance of 25 police, officials inspected over 40 stalls at the Rue de Brazaville and seized 16 ivory pieces, 11 sea turtle shells, including three hawksbill turtle shells, nine leopard skins, two cheetah skins, the hide from a spotted hyena and nearly 250 ostrich eggs.