The Nasarawa State Police Command says it has arrested one woman, Hauwa Sani, with 124 rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition concealed in a five-liter gallon of palm oil. She was also arrested with a two-year-old child she was carrying with her.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, revealed this in a statement posted on X on Saturday.
According to the statement, the state police operatives arrested the suspect with a cash sum of N78,500 and a mobile phone while trying to smuggle the ammunition into Katsina State where the suspect is reportedly from.
The statement reads, “On 23/8/2024 at about 1710hrs, based on credible information, Police operatives attached to Keffi Division intercepted and got one Hauwa Sani ‘F’ of Doro village, Katsina State arrested, alongside a 2 year old child.
“Consequently, one hundred and twenty-four (124) rounds of Anti Aircraft ammunition concealed in a gallon of palm oil, one Techno mobile phone, and a cash sum of Seventy-eight thousand and five hundred Naira (#78,500) were recovered from the suspect as exhibit.
“Preliminary findings revealed that the suspect received supply of the ammunition at Rafin Sanyi village of Doma Local government area of Nasarawa State, and concealed the items in a gallon of palm oil en route Katsina State before nemesis caught up with her.”
The Commissioner of Police, Shehu Nadada, has ordered the transfer of the suspect and exhibits to the Force Intelligence Department, Force Headquarters in Abuja for further investigation.
