Kano: Hisbah Board destroy trailer loads of beer

The Kano State Hisbah Board has seized and destroyed over 30 trailer loads of beer reportedly worth between N5.2 million and N5.5 million.

In a statement released on Tuesday the board’s Public Relations Officer, Adamu Yahaya, said that the cartons of beer were destroyed on Monday evening after interception at Kalebawa on Danbata Road in Dawakin Tofa area.

“The Kano State Law No. 4 of 2004 has banned the manufacture and use of intoxicants in the state.“

Furthermore, an order was given by a magistrates’ court for us to go ahead with the exercise,” the public relations officer said.

Yahaya warned those selling beer to stay within their limits and appealed to members of the public to be of good conduct.

The Hisbah board oversees the Kano State Hisbah Corps which is a religious police force in the state responsible for the enforcement of Sharia law.