NDLEA SECURES ORDER TO DETAIN VESSEL, 21 CREW MEMBERS OVER COCAINE SHIPMENT FROM BRAZIL . (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.
NDLEA secures order to detain vessel, 21 crew members over cocaine shipment from Brazil . We remain resolute to frustrate drug syndicates targeting Nigeria, says Marwa The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured an order of a Federal High Court in Lagos to detain a ship, its captain and 20 other crew members following the seizure of 25.5 kilograms of cocaine in the hatch of the commodity vessel from Brazil at the Apapa seaport in Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Operatives of the NDLEA acting on credible intelligence had on 6th December 2025 discovered the cocaine consignment aboard the merchant vessel MV San Anthonio from Brazil. After the full discharge of cargo from the ship, a total of 21 crew members of diverse nationalities including Russia, Phillipines, Ukraine and Azerbaijan were taken into NDLEA custody along with the drug exhibits. This is coming on the heels of a similar interception by NDLEA officers of ano...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday arraigned one Jamilu Yunusa before Justice Yahaya Galadanci of the Kano State High Court on a seven count charge of Conspiracy and Obtaining by False Pretense.The accused person alongside two others,Inuwa Abdu and Habibu Inuwa who are still at large allegedly connived and defrauded the complainants to the tune of One Million,five hundred and twenty thousand Naira by claiming that he had a contract with Dantata and Sawoe for the supply of pipes to the company.He convinced his victims by promising to share the contract profit with them.However,investigation by the EFCC revealed that the accused person never had a contract with Dantata and Sawoe.One of the charge read ''that Jamilu Yunusa,Inuwa Abdu {at large} and Habibu Inuwa {at large} sometime last year in Kano within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court conspired among yourselves to do an illegal act to wit: obtaining by false pretense the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Naira only,from Nuhu Abubakar through Skye Bank account belonging to Inuwa Abdu,which was done pursuance to the said agreement and thereby committed an offence contrary to section {8} of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act,006 and punishable under Section 1{3} of the same Act''.After listening to the charge,the accused person pleaded not guilty.Prosecution counsel Douglas Ijah Gift asked the court for a trial date in view of the plea of the accused person.Counsel for the defendant Amina Umar Garba applied orally that the accused person be admitted to bail.The matter has been adjourned till January 5,next year for hearing of bail application.The accused person was remanded in prison custody.One more photo below.
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