According to Daily Trust, the Kano State Hisbah Board has destroyed nearly 2,000 bottles of beer.
The board destroyed as many as 1,975,000 bottles of beer, worth over N200 million, confiscated within Kano metropolis.
The state Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje who was represented by his Deputy Nasiru Gawuna during the destruction exercise at Kalebawa in Dawakin Tofa Local Government, said consumption of alcohol and all other intoxicants that can distort mental capability and was forbidden in Islam.
Kano, operating Sharia Law, has banned consumption of alcohol.
Hisbah enforces Sharia law.