State authorities last month announced a ban on street begging, which they said had become an organised racket. The practice of begging for alms is widespread in Kano, the second largest commercial centre in Nigeria after Lagos. The giving of alms to the poor is one of the five pillars of Islam. The man was arrested at Dar es Salaam airport on a flight from Bombay, and eventually passed 86 packets of the drug which he had swallowed before boarding the Air India plane. The official ABP news agency said the refugees had left camps in Tanzania clandestinely following what they said was ill-treatment at the hands of security personnel.
Doctors get kickbacks for prescribing certain drugs.
Now medical aid schemes want some of the gravy too.