Bold smuggler almost gets away with sneaking 48,000 cans of Heineken disguised as Pepsi into Saudi Arabia
- 9 years ago
AL-BATHA, SAUDI ARABIA — Saudi customs officers caught a man trying to sneak a massive illegal shipment of beer into the Kingdom by disguising it as Pepsi, according to a Washington Post report.
The incident, reported by local media earlier this week, happened at Saudi Arabia's border with the United Arab Emirates.
A truck filled with what appeared to be 48,000 cans of Pepsi was stopped at the Al Batha border crossing.
Rather than Pepsi, though, the well-disguised drinks were actually cans of Heineken lager.
"A truck carrying what first seemed to be normal cans of the soft drink Pepsi was stopped and after the standard process of searching the products, it became clear that the alcoholic beers were covered with Pepsi's sticker logos," said Abdulrahman al-Mahna, the Al Batha border General Manager, according to Al Arabiya News.
The unidentified smuggler could face a slew of harsh punishments including imprisonment and flogging for his failed attempt to smuggle in alcohol, which is banned in Saudi Arabia.
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The incident, reported by local media earlier this week, happened at Saudi Arabia's border with the United Arab Emirates.
A truck filled with what appeared to be 48,000 cans of Pepsi was stopped at the Al Batha border crossing.
Rather than Pepsi, though, the well-disguised drinks were actually cans of Heineken lager.
"A truck carrying what first seemed to be normal cans of the soft drink Pepsi was stopped and after the standard process of searching the products, it became clear that the alcoholic beers were covered with Pepsi's sticker logos," said Abdulrahman al-Mahna, the Al Batha border General Manager, according to Al Arabiya News.
The unidentified smuggler could face a slew of harsh punishments including imprisonment and flogging for his failed attempt to smuggle in alcohol, which is banned in Saudi Arabia.
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