Garowe (Sunatimes) The security personnel of Garowe in Puntland administration have today burnt down illicit brew of 65 bottles in an open area which was confiscated from Dangoroyo area in Nugaal region.

The security personnel received a tip off from some travellers that the alcoholic drink was buried outside of Dangoroyo.

The police commissioner of Puntland Mohamed Said Jaqanaf said the Nugaal high court ruled that the alcoholic drink be burnt down.

The Nugaal regional administrator Abdi Hirsi Ali said the lethal brew was being transported to and destined for pirates.

Abdi Hirsi stated that the transporters had no clear passage for the alcohol as the police were on the lookout for them and they buried it in Dangoroyo.

The transporters of the illegal alcoholic drink were not impounded.

This is not the first time the security officers of Garowe had intercepted alcoholic drinks. It was only last Tuesday when the police officers arrested two men while in possession of alcohol in a crackdown by the police.

They were sentenced to one year and five months imprisonment.

By Rooble Dirir