Overview
- Operatives found the consignment on January 2 at the GDNL Terminal in Apapa, Lagos.
- Those held include the ship’s master, Sharma Shashi Bhushan, with the agency releasing the names of 21 other crew members.
- NDLEA reported the 31.5 kilograms of cocaine were concealed in hatch three of the vessel.
- In separate actions, officers intercepted ketamine, ecstasy and tramadol hidden in courier parcels bound for Zambia and the United Kingdom.
- The agency also reported arrests and large skunk and tramadol seizures in Oyo, Borno, Jigawa and Kwara states, including the capture of a suspect known as “Mama Kerosine” in Ibadan.