The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) disclosed it had detained 22 Indian crew members of the merchant vessel MV Aruna Hulya for their association with 31.5 kilograms of cocaine confiscated by operatives at the GDNL terminal, Apapa Port, Lagos, on Friday, 2nd January 2026.
This was made known in a statement issued by NDLEA, stating that “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.”
The statement also listed others: 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, and Nittu Anand.
Others are Akash Babu, Dasari Raju, Reddy Nandika Sanjeeba, Rana Nivesh, Melethil Insaf Rahman, Barla Chantanya Krishna, Ghosh Arijit, Mondal Raihan, and Gangwar Shiv Om.
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