Notorious Female Gunrunner Nabbed In Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a suspected notorious female gunrunner, Aisha Nura in Batsari Local Government Area of the state.
Following the arrest, the police recovered N2.4 million from her being the physical cash in her possession.
These were announced by the Police Public Relations Officer for the Katsina Command, SP Gambo Isah, who also said that the 27-year-old suspect is the wife of one notorious bandit known as Nura Alhaji Murnal.
According to SP Isah; “On 25th July, 2021 at about 0900hrs, based on a tip off, the Command succeeded in arresting one Aisha Nura, `F`, aged 27yrs of Baranda village, a Fulani settlement at Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina state.
“Nemesis caught up with the suspect when she was arrested in a suspicious manner, concealing her presence and trying to board an Okada motorcycle from Batsari town heading towards Nahuta village.
“Immediately she was searched, the sum of two million, four hundred and five thousand naira (N2,405,000:00K) was found in her possession, reasonably suspected to be proceeds of arms supplies to bandits in Kaduna state.
“In the course of investigation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the offence and admitted that she was sent by her husband, one Nura Alhaji Murnai, a notorious bandit, belonging to the camp of bandits’ leader one Abu Radda to collect the money on his behalf from his counterparts in Kaduna forest,” Isah said. The police spokesman said that investigation is ongoing.
