A luxury campervan has reportedly been seized at Nicola Sturgeon's mother-in-law's house by police investigating the SNP’s finances.
A Niesmann + Bischoff motorhome was taken from a house in Fife at the same time police searched Sturgeon and Peter Murrell's home.
The same model of campervan can sell for around £110,000.
The state-of-the-art vehicle was reportedly taken from Murrell's 92-year-old mother Margaret's house. The house is in a private estate in Dunfermline.
Local witnesses told the Mail on Sunday that the campervan was delivered to the address in January 2021. They also said that the officers did not enter the house.
Former SNP chief executive Murrell was arrested on Wednesday by police probing the spending of around £600,000 which was earmarked for an independence campaign.
He was released later that day pending further investigation.
Police Scotland officers searched Murrell and Sturgeon’s home near Glasgow as well as the SNP’s headquarters in Edinburgh.
The ongoing investigation has been described by SNP president Mike Russell as the party’s biggest crisis in 50 years.
On Saturday, Sturgeon spoke publicly for the first time since her husband’s arrest, addressing reporters outside her home.
In a short statement, she said the last few days had been “obviously difficult” and that she would “fully co-operate” with the police investigation.
She said Murrell is home but “not able to say anything” about his arrest while the inquiry continues.
“Again, that’s not necessarily a matter of choice. That’s just the nature of this,” she added.
The Glasgow Southside MSP said she intends to “get on with life and my job, as you would expect me to”.
Earlier, it emerged that the accountancy firm which had audited the SNP’s books for more than a decade had resigned.
Johnston Carmichael informed the party of the decision before Murrell’s arrest.
The party’s treasurer is now seeking another auditor in order to comply with Electoral Commission rules.
Police Scotland have said their investigation is ongoing.
An SNP spokesman said: “It would not be appropriate to comment on any live police investigation.
“The SNP has been co-operating fully with this investigation and will continue to do so.”
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross claimed it is “absurd” for Sturgeon to say her decision to step down was not connected to the police investigation.
He told GB News on Sunday: “For her to somehow suggest and continue to suggest it had nothing to do with this ongoing inquiry I think is frankly absurd.
“We’ve now seen the incredible sight of someone who has just been first minister inside a house when the police came to arrest her husband.
“Now, obviously, that’s an ongoing live police inquiry and I can’t go much further into it but we have all seen the house being taped off.”
He said reports of the campervan being removed are “incredible” and the story is “deeply damaging for Scotland”.
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