Woman Arrested as Police Find Load of Ammunition in Bag of Garri at Lagos Motorpark

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A woman has been arrested in Lagos after 50 rounds of .38 live ammunition was found hidden in a bag of Garri that she was travelling with during the week.

The Lagos State police spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana told Newsmakers that the woman was arrested at about 11.15am on July 24 after officers at Satellite Police Station received information from a credible source that a bag containing suspicious items was smuggled into a motor park for onward transfer to Onitsha, in Anambra State by unknown persons.

Elkana stated: “Based on the information, the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Chike Oti deployed his surveillance team to the motor park at Maza Maza to recover the bag. Upon searching the bag, 50 rounds of .38mm live ammunition hidden inside a bag of Garri was recovered. A female who claimed that the bag was given to her by a Man in Ojo area to deliver to someone at Onitsha was arrested and she is helping the Police with useful information. The case is transferred to SARS for further investigation. The investigation is ongoing.”