Kano Hisbah seizes truck with 24,000 bottles of alcoholic drinks
The Kano State Hisbah Board has intercepted a truck loaded with over 24,000 bottles of assorted alcoholic beverages.
The board confiscated the truck along Zaria Road on Tuesday night, January 2, 2024, and arrested two persons, including the driver.
The board’s Director General, Alhaji Abba Sufi, disclosed this on Wednesday, January 3, at the board’s headquarters while inspecting the truck.
“The truck containing over 24,000 bottles of assorted alcoholic beverages was confiscated from smugglers along Zaria Road at midnight,” Sufi said.
He noted that the Hisbah personnel in the state have been proactive in enforcing a zero-tolerance policy against the smuggling of beer and other intoxicating substances into the state through its neighbouring state borders.
The DG commended the Hisbah personnel for collaborating with stakeholders in the crusade against beer smuggling into the state, in line with the state’s adoption of the Sharia.
In his remarks, the acting Assistant Commander General of the Intelligent Crimes Dispatch Unit of the board, Fu’ad Dorayi, said the truck driver and two others were also apprehended.
Dorayi expressed gratitude for the support from Dawakin Kudu Hisbah Command and other citizens, urging people to report any vehicles carrying suspected products along specific routes, including Kano/Zaria Road, Kano-Gwarzo-Dayi Road, Kano-Katsina Road, Kano-Maiduguri Road, and Kano-Hadejia Road.
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