Kano Hisbah seizes 24,000 bottles of alcohol
Kano State Hisbah Board – a Sharia police has arrested a truck loaded with over 24,000 bottles of assorted alcoholic drinks.
The Director-General of Kano State Hisbah Board, Abba Sufi, on Wednesday, January 3, said the seizure was made along Zaria Road, Kano.
He disclosed this at the board’s headquarters while inspecting the confiscated vehicle.
Sufi, in a statement by the board’s Public Relations Officer of the board, Lawan Ibrahim-Fagge, said the truck driver was apprehended alongside two other suspects.
He said: “A truck containing over 24,000 bottles of assorted alcoholic beverages was confiscated from smugglers along Zaria Road at midnight.
“Hisbah personnel in the state have been proactive in enforcing zero-tolerance policy against smuggling of beer and other intoxicating substances into the state.”
The Hisbah DG commended the board’s personnel for collaborating with stakeholders in the crusade against beer smuggling into the state, in line with the state’s adoption of the Sharia.
Acting Assistant Commander General, Intelligent Crimes Dispatch Unit of the board, Fu’ad Dorayi, urged the people to report any vehicle carrying suspected products along specific routes, including Kano/Zaria Road, Kano-Gwarzo-Dayi Road, Kano-Katsina Road, Kano-Maiduguri Road, and Kano-Hadejia Road.
Dorayi expressed gratitude for the support from Dawakin Kudu Hisbah Command and other citizens.