Nigeria, May 15 -- Police in Nasarawa State have arrested a 21-year-old woman suspected of smuggling ammunition to terrorist groups in areas of the state affected by insecurity.

The suspect, identified as Fatima Salisu from Funtua in Katsina State, was reportedly on her way to deliver a large quantity of ammunition when she was intercepted by police in the Azuba area of Lafia, the state capital.

In a statement released on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the arrest was made following credible intelligence that tracked the suspect's movement through Keana and Doma Local Government Areas.

Acting on the information, the Commissioner of Police, CP Shetima J. Mohammed, ordered the Anti-Kidnapping Unit t...