The Police have arrested a 52-year-old woman with four AK-74 rifles around the Emohua end of the East-West Road in Rivers State.
The aged woman, who was traveling from Ogbakiri community, concealed the rifles in a bunch of vegetables, which she claimed she was going to sell at the Choba market in Port Harcourt.
DailyPost reports that luck ran out on the woman at the newly mounted police checkpoint on the East-West Road, between Emohua and Choba.
Policemen using metal detector were able to uncover the four AK-47 rifles hidden inside the bunch of vegetables, after a thorough search of the vehicle and its passengers.
Upon inquiry, the woman denied knowledge of the firearm concealed inside her bag of vegetables
Meanwhile, the matter is still under investigation.
