Togdheer Police Impounded Illegal illicit Alcohol

The Togdheer regional police officers seized a number of alcohol illicit bottles which were intended to be smuggled into the region. Security forces said other equipment aimed to threaten the public were also apprehended.

The regional police chief elaborating the operation said the police confiscated around 500 illicit alcohol bottles. He added that some of those illicit bottles expired in 2015 despite the smugglers’ plan to sell in the market.

Recently, the Somaliland police have increased their combat against smugglers of illegal drugs such as alcohol, weeds and meth drugs and arrested numerous people in the main towns of Somaliland.

Security forces have appealed to the nationals to avoid the illicit business and urged them to report cases of individuals trading on drugs.

Somaliland is a Muslim country with strict regulations on alcohol use. All kinds of alcohol are prohibited under the Somaliland laws and in correspondence with Islamic Sharia tenets.