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The disguised beer cans
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Knowing fully well that alcoholic drinks are prohibited and illegal
in Saudi Arabia A man attempted to smuggle 48,000 cans of beer into Saudi
Arabia by disguising them with Pepsi labels.
In trying to achieve this the man covered the Heineken beer
cans with pepsi labels but was apprehended as he attempted to cross the Al
Batha border into Saudi Arabia, when border control officers noticed something
suspicious about his cargo.
According to the Mirror Online, the man was allegedly
planning to take the beer into Saudi Arabia, where alcohol is prohibited.
Al Batha border General Manager, Abdulrahman al-Mahna said:
"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."
According to news site alarabiya.net, the suspect was caught
and apprehended.
It is not clear what charges he faces.
The story quickly went viral after being covered in local
newspapers and shared on online news websites.
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