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Police arrest woman with hidden 124 rounds of ammunition

A woman Hauwa Sani who was hiding 124 rounds of anti-craft ammunition in a gallon of palm oil has been arrested by operatives of the Nasarawa Police Command.

The Command through its Public Relations Office, Ramhan Nansel, in a statement shared on X, said the suspect was arrested along with a two-year-old child.

The statement said: “On 23/8/2024 at about 1710hrs, based on credible information, Police operatives attached to Keffi Division intercepted and got one Hauwa Sani ‘F’ alongside a 2 years old child of Doro village, Nasarawa state arrested.

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“Consequently, one hundred and twenty-four (124) rounds of Anti Aircraft ammunition concealed in a gallon of palm oil, one Tecno mobile phone, and a cash sum of Seventy-eight thousand and five hundred Naira (#78,500) were recovered from the suspect as an exhibit.

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“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.”

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