NDLEA INTERCEPTS VESSELS FROM BRAZIL WITH 20KG OF COCAINE, ARREST 20 FILIPINOS

HOTJIST NEWS At the Apapa seaport in Lagos, agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency apprehended the MV Nord Bosporus (IMO 9760110), a ship headed for Brazil, carrying twenty kilograms of cocaine. On Sunday, November 16, 2025, the material was found hidden beneath the ship's cargo. NDLEA then detained the ship's master, Captain Quino Eugene Corpus, and 19 crew members, all of whom were Filipino, according to a statement issued on Friday by the agency's spokesman, Femi Babafemi. According to Babafemi, the NDLEA requested a court order to hold the ship and crew for additional investigation after the arrest. “The motion ex parte in suit number FHC/L/MISC/1306/25 was argued before Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court,...