Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested a 25-year-old woman, Nafisa Usman in possession of 220 rounds of ammunition concealed in Gari in Kano.

Nafisa, a native of Zango village in Kankara local government area of Katsina state was intercepted at a motor park while taking delivery of the ammunitions, a security source disclosed.

The alleged criminal suspect who apprehended along bags of gari and local where she concealed the ammunition and some naira notes, after an intelligence.

Nafisa who spoke with journalists at the State Command of Department of State Service DSS confessed to have received the supply of the ammunition through a military officer from Lafia in Nasarawa State.

Although, she revealed she had never met with the military officer, Nafisa claimed she mostly take delivery of the ammunition in various quantities at Unguwa Uku motor park in Kano.

Narrating how she operate her supply chain, the suspect confessed her trade supply to bandits operating in Katsina state through a man she identified as Mallam Haruna.

She asserted that Haruna who usually collect the ammunition for onward transmission to bandits in Kankara forest, Katsina has always been closen supply business.

She further explained that she have involved in the trade for about two months, adding that one “Teso,” whom she described as working with a soldier in Lafia, used to send the consignments to her.

Nafisa claimed to have conducted transactions worth about ₦5 million, supplying ammunition to Haruna and other individuals identified as Buba and Abu, who were also said to be operating in the forest.

The suspect expressed regret over her involvement, stating that she had now been exposed.