DSS arrests woman over alleged interstate ammunition trafficking in Kano

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) person arrested a 25-year-old woman, Nafisa Usman, alleged to beryllium progressive successful interstate ammunition trafficking, with 200 rounds of caller ammunition recovered.

The fishy was apprehended astatine 1 of Kano’s large centrifugal parks aft allegedly purchasing the ammunition from Lafia for transportation to Kankara.

The DSS said the suspect, who hails from Zango colony successful Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, was intercepted successful Kano during an cognition pursuing a tip-off.

She reportedly confessed that the ammunition was supplied to her from Lafia and delivered to Unguwa Uku centrifugal parkland successful Kano for onward proscription to Katsina for bandits operating successful the Kankara bush.

The fishy further claimed she had been progressive successful the commercialized for astir 2 months, adding that 1 “Teso”, whom she described arsenic moving with a worker successful Lafia, utilized to nonstop the consignments to her.

She besides alleged that she supplied the ammunition to a bandit identified arsenic Mallam Haruna, said to beryllium operating successful the Kankara forest.

According to her, she was introduced to the alleged bandit by a antheral identified arsenic Sulaiman, a livestock trader based successful Kano.

She claimed to person conducted transactions worthy astir N5 million, supplying ammunition to Haruna and different individuals identified arsenic Buba and Abu, who were besides said to beryllium operating successful the forest.

The susp...