The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted 20 kilograms of cocaine concealed on a Brazil-bound vessel, MV Nord Bosporus, at the Apapa seaport in Lagos.
The ship, its master and 19 other Filipino crew members were detained following a court order secured by the Agency.
According to information from the NDLEA, officers discovered the cocaine on Sunday, 16 November 2025, on board the vessel, which arrived from the port of Santos in Brazil.
The Master of the ship, Captain Quino Eugene Corpus, alongside the 19 Filipino crew members, was immediately taken into custody pending further investigation.
Court approval for detention
Following the seizure, the Agency filed a motion ex-parte before Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, Lagos.
The court, in suit number FHC/L/MISC/1306/25, granted an initial 14-day detention order for the vessel, the captain and the 19 crew members on Thursday 20 November 2025.
Investigators found that MV Nord Bosporus was arriving in Nigeria and Africa for the first time. The vessel had been used mainly to transport coal between Colombia and Brazil. Captain Corpus had also served only three months on the ship before the arrest.
(Nairametrics)
