{"id":10132,"date":"2026-01-04T10:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=10132"},"modified":"2026-01-04T10:56:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:56:35","slug":"apapa-customs-start-2026-with-major-cocaine-seizure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2026\/01\/04\/apapa-customs-start-2026-with-major-cocaine-seizure\/","title":{"rendered":"Apapa Customs Start 2026 with Major Cocaine Seizure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"426\">The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at Apapa has kicked off 2026 with a big win against drug traffickers. On Friday, January 2, officers, working with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), seized <strong data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"372\">30.1 kilograms of cocaine<\/strong> hidden on a vessel flagged to the Marshall Islands.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"428\" data-end=\"664\">The drugs were discovered aboard the <strong data-start=\"465\" data-end=\"477\">MV Aruna<\/strong> at the Greenview Terminal in Apapa Port, Lagos. Authorities say the seizure shows how smugglers are using sophisticated methods to hide illegal shipments at the country\u2019s busiest port.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"950\">Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba, the Apapa Customs Area Controller, praised the officers\u2019 efforts, highlighting the teamwork between the Customs and NDLEA. He said the interception demonstrates a commitment to <strong data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"904\">intelligence-led enforcement<\/strong> and a zero-tolerance approach to smuggling.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"1037\">The NDLEA has taken the cocaine for further investigation and possible prosecution.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1039\" data-end=\"1350\">This is the third major drug bust by the joint NCS-NDLEA team in recent weeks. Two weeks ago, authorities seized <strong data-start=\"1152\" data-end=\"1173\">25.5kg of cocaine<\/strong> hidden in five bags on another vessel. In December 2025, they also intercepted <strong data-start=\"1253\" data-end=\"1289\">1,187kg of high-quality cannabis<\/strong>, known as \u201cCanadian Loud,\u201d concealed in imported vehicles.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1352\" data-end=\"1490\">Comptroller Oshoba emphasised that Apapa Port remains committed to <strong data-start=\"1419\" data-end=\"1487\">facilitating legitimate trade while protecting national security<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at Apapa has kicked off 2026 with a big win against drug traffickers. On Friday, January 2, officers, working with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), seized 30.1&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10134,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10132\/revisions\/10134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}