Board destroys 326,151 beer bottles in Kano.

The Kano State Hisba Board said it
has destroyed 326,151 bottles of
beer out of the 363, 853 it
confiscated from members of the
public in the past three years.
This was contained in a statement
in Kano on Saturday by the officer
in charge of operation at the board,
Alhaji Sani Nasidi.
The statement noted that the
destruction of the illegal
commodity was carried out in three
phases within the period under
review.
“In the first phase 42, 000 bottles
were destroyed while in the
second and third phases, 40,000 and
244,151 bottles were destroyed
respectively,’’ the statement said.
The statement indicated that there
were a total of 197, 173 bottles of
beer that were yet to be destroyed
by the board.
“These remaining bottles of beer
are being kept at some of the local
government areas where they
were impounded and they would
be destroyed at a later date.
‘’But the other bottles of beer were
destroyed at Hawan Kalibawa in
Dawakin Tofa Local Government
Area of the state,’’ he said.
The statement explained that the
special operations were carried out
in collaboration with the eight LGAs
that made up the Kano metropolis.
The statement, which commended
other security agencies in the state
for their support and cooperation
with the board, called on them to
maintain the tempo.