Monday, January 5, 2026 - Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have 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.
Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of NDLEA, says the seizures made
at a courier company in Lagos on 24th and 29th December 2025 came just as the
Agency has taken into custody 22 Indian crew members of a merchant vessel, MV
Aruna Hulya, in which 31.5 kilograms of cocaine were seized by operatives at
the GDNL terminal, Apapa port Lagos on Friday 2nd January 2026.
Babafemi said those 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, namely: 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; Pandey Prashant; 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.
Meanwhile, 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.
Babafemi said the 65-year-old grandma, Fatima Ilori,
popularly known as Mama Kerosine 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.
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