Kano State’s Hisbah Board, responsible for Shariah policing, announced the arrest of a heavy truck driver and two individuals for smuggling over 24,000 bottles of beer into the state.
According to the board, the owner of the goods fled during the operation and unsuccessfully attempted to bribe its personnel, who firmly resisted.
Describing his ordeal, Malam Fu’ad Dorayi, the Acting Assistant Commander General of the Intelligent Crimes Dispatch unit of the board, explained the challenges encountered in dealing with the heavy truck driver before successfully apprehending him and two associates.
Dorayi said, ‘The culprits were four including the driver of the heavy truck containing over 24,000 bottles of assorted beers. Others were the owner of the goods and two others. The owner of the goods fled after attempting to bribe us but was not successful. So he pretended he wanted to pick something and in the process, he fled.’
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‘At a point, the driver complained that one thing or the other was faulty with the vehicle, but we finally succeeded in apprehending him and 2 others,’ he said.
Encouraging vigilance, Malam Dorayi urged residents to promptly report any vehicles transporting suspected products to the Hisbah Board. He highlighted specific routes like Kano/Zaria Road, Kano/Dayi Malumfashi Road, Kano/Katsina Road, Kano/Maiduguri Road, and Kano/Hadejia Road.
While inspecting the confiscated truck, which held over 24,000 bottles of assorted beer at the board’s headquarters, Alhaji Abba Sa’id Sufi, the Director General of the Kano State Hisbah Board, expressed his commitment to remain focused and resolute in combating the smuggling of beers into the state capital through neighboring states.
He reiterated that the Hisbah Corps in the state have consistently taken proactive measures to uphold a zero-tolerance approach to the smuggling of beer and intoxicating substances into Kano along its borders with neighboring states.
The Director General of the Hisbah Board commended the collaborative efforts of his Corps in the state, along with other stakeholders, in the collective fight against the smuggling of beer into Kano.