Sharia Police Smash 240,000 Bottles Of Beer In Kano! (Photos)

In their latest move to put a stop to behaviour deemed 'immoral', the
Police enforcing Islamic law in Kano state on Wednesday, destroyed
240,000 bottles of beer they had confiscated from trucks coming into
the city.
According to AFP, the Sharia law enforcers called Hisbah, launched
sweeping crackdowns in Kano since September, following a state
government directive to cleanse the commercial state of “immoral”
practices.
So, on Wednesday, a large bulldozer smashed the confiscated bottles
to shouts of “Allahu Ahkbar” (God is great) from supporters outside
the Hisbah headquarters in Kano.
Kegs containing more than 8,000 litres of a local alcoholic brew
called burukutu and 320,000 cigarettes were also destroyed.
Kano’s Hisbah chief, Aminu Daurawa, at the bottle-breaking
ceremony, said he had the ardent hope this will bring an end to the
consumption of such prohibited substances. We hope this measure
will help restore the tarnished image of Kano,” said Daurawa.
The 9,000-strong moral police force works alongside the civilian
police but also has other duties, including community development
work and dispute resolution.
Alcohol is typically easy to find in Kano, including at hotels and bars
in neighbourhoods like Sabon Gari, inhabited by the city’s sizeable
Christian minority. But the Hisbah boss vowed that this was set to
change.
“We hereby send warning to unrepentant offenders
that Hisbah personnel will soon embark on an operation into every
nook and cranny of the state to put an end to the sale and
consumption of alcohol and all other intoxicants,” Daurawa said.