The Kano State Hisbah Board has apprehended a truck containing more than 24,000 bottles of various alcoholic beverages seized from smugglers.
Alhaji Abba Sufi, the Director General of the Board, revealed this information on Wednesday during an inspection of the confiscated truck at the board’s headquarters.
The interception occurred on Tuesday night along Zaria Road.
“The truck containing over 24,000 bottles of assorted alcoholic beverages was confiscated from smugglers along Zaria Road at midnight,” Sufi said.
He observed that the Hisbah personnel in the state have demonstrated proactivity in implementing a strict policy of zero tolerance towards the illicit transportation of beer and other intoxicating substances across its neighboring state borders.
The Director-General (DG) praised the collaboration between Hisbah personnel and various stakeholders in the campaign against beer smuggling into the state, aligning with the state’s adherence to Sharia law.
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During his comments, Fu’ad Dorayi, the acting Assistant Commander General of the Intelligent Crimes Dispatch Unit, acknowledged the apprehension of the truck driver and two others.
Dorayi expressed appreciation for the support received from the Dawakin Kudu Hisbah Command and other citizens.
He encouraged people to report any vehicles transporting suspicious products, particularly along specified routes such as Kano/Zaria Road, Kano-Gwarzo-Dayi Road, Kano-Katsina Road, Kano-Maiduguri Road, and Kano-Hadejia Road.
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