Scotland's first minister has said he only discovered the SNP had bought a luxury motorhome after he became party leader.
Humza Yousaf said he was shown a police warrant to seize items from the party, which included the vehicle.
The motorhome was seized from outside a property in Dunfermline last week.
Party sources are reported to have said it was intended to be used as a "campaign battle bus" ahead of the last Holyrood election in 2021.
They told the Daily Record that it would have acted as a "mobile campaign room" if Covid restrictions prevented other forms of mixing, but was never used.
Mr Yousaf was asked during a visit to a Glasgow nursery school when he first learned that the party had bought the Niesmann + Bischoff vehicle, which can retail for more than £100,000.
He replied: "Shortly after I became leader of the party".
The first minister said: "The police of course give us a warrant for items that they are looking to take in their possession.
"I can't go into the detail of that but of course the police have done the responsible thing and I as leader have seen the warrant in terms of the items that they've confiscated, including the motorhome that you referenced."
The Mail on Sunday reported at the weekend that the vehicle had been parked outside the home of Peter Murrell's 92-year-old mother since January 2021. Mr Murrell is married to Nicola Sturgeon, and was until recently the SNP's chief executive.
It was said to have been taken away on the same day that officers searched Ms Sturgeon and Mr Murrell's home in Glasgow, and the SNP's headquarters in Edinburgh. Mr Murrell was arrested before later being released without charge.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...itics-65264713
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Pretty convenient, he knew nothing about anything
