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

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.