Reuters reports that Islamic police on Thursday destroyed 240,000 bottles of beer taken from vehicles and Christian owned shops in Kano.
Under sharia, alcohol is banned in most states northern states.
According to Reuters’ report, such raids have negatively affected Christian minorities living in the state.
"The sharia officials have crippled my business," an alcohol shop owner, Johnson Ikechukwu, told Reuters.
"I feel seriously cheated over the seizure and destruction of my beer."
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