Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have taken into custody 22 Indian crew members of a merchant vessel, MV Aruna Hulya.
31.5 kilograms of cocaine were seized by operatives at the GDNL terminal, Apapa port Lagos on Friday 2nd January 2026, NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi said on Sunday in a statement.
The suspects detained in connection with the discovery of the 31.5kg cocaine in hatch 3 of the ship which originated from Marshall Islands, include the Master of the Vessel, Sharma Shashi Bhushan and 21 other crew members.
They were identified as Bharati Manoj Kumar; Bhalerao Nilesh Mukund; Nadar Anthony Macson David; Kolusu Srinivasa Rao; Sagar Gaurav; Francis Anto Beemas Nester; Jagdeep Singh; Jai Parkash; Prabhukhan Singh; Nevage Sandesh Suresh and Pandey Prashant.
Others are; Nittu Anand; Akash Babu; Dasari Raju; Reddy Nandika Sanjeeba; Rana Nivesh; Melethil Insaf Rahman; Barla Chantanya Krishna; Ghosh Arijit; Mondal Raihan; and
Gangwar Shiv Om.
Similarly, NDLEA operatives in Oyo state on Monday 29th December 2025 arrested a wanted female drug kingpin who is a major illicit drug distributor in Ibadan, the State Capital.
The 65-year-old grand mother, Fatima Ilori, popularly known as Mama Kerosine, according to NDLEA, was nabbed in an intelligence-led operation following the seizure of 238.4kg skunk, a strain of cannabis, linked to her.
She was arrested along with another female suspect Olusanya Abosede, 35, at Onireke/Elekuro area of Ibadan.
Meanwhile, men of the anti-narcotic Agency also intercepted various quantities of illicit substances including Ketamine, Ecstasy and Tramadol pills concealed in sachets of coffee mix and book parcel heading to Zambia and the United Kingdom during a raid.
In Borno State, the supply chain of illicit drugs to insurgents was further disrupted with the arrest of two suppliers and seizure of large consignments of illicit substances.
One of the suspects, Isa Mohammed, 26, was arrested by NDLEA operatives following the interception of 9,150 ampoules of Tramadol Injection on Maiduguri-Gamboru Ngala road on Friday 2nd January 2026, while the other suspect Musa Samaila, 30, was nabbed with 34,000 capsules of Tramadol at Biu market same day.
Elsewhere in Lagos and Kwara State, NDLEA personnel successfully carried raids of illicit drug substances in large quantities, as well as took one criminal suspect in its custody in Lagos Command during the week-in-view.
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