It was learnt that the suspects were arrested from different parts of Kano city.
No fewer than 52 commercial tricycle operators popularly known as Yan Adaidaita Sahu have been arrested by operatives of Kano State Hisbah Board over alleged “immoral haircuts" selling illegal drugs and substances, as well as mixing opposite genders in their tricycles.
It was learnt that the suspects were arrested from different parts of Kano city.
This was made known on Tuesday by Deputy Commander-General of Hisbah, Mujahid Aminuddeen.
“We want to use this opportunity to appeal to you to avoid such acts and avoid acts capable of tarnishing the image of our religion and culture of Kano people, ” he told the suspects.
He added that among the alleged offences of the tricyclists include “immoral haircuts, riding around wearing only shorts, using objectionable posters on their vehicles, mixing unrelated men and women, selling illegal drugs, and conveying women to places where they engage in immoral acts.
“As Muslims, we would not accept this behaviour and activities of the tricycle riders. That is why we brought you here to admonish you on the negative implications of these acts on our religion and culture as people of Kano.
"The board would continue to check such illegal activities among the tricyclists to arrest the recalcitrant ones."
Meanwhile, the tricycle riders were taken to the board’s headquarters, where they were admonished by officials and later released.
The Hisbah command had recently launched an exercise tagged “Operation Kau da Badala”, (Operation Fight against immorality) in a bid to sanitise the state from immoral activities such as prostitution, drug abuse, selling and consumption of alcohol among others.