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Saudi Arabia cracks case of smuggled beer disguised as Pepsi

by PH November 13, 2015, 3:56 pm

Dubai – Customs officials in Saudi Arabia say they’ve cracked a case — and then some — of smugglers trying to bring illicit cans of beer through the kingdom by disguising them as Pepsi.

In a statement, customs officials say they intercepted 48 000 cans of beer moving through the al-Batha border crossing with the United Arab Emirates.

In video posted on Wednesday on Twitter, the customs officials show an officer using a box cutter to open a wrapped 24-pack of the fake Pepsi only to find the green-and-white Heineken cans beneath it.

Drinking or possessing alcohol is a criminal offense in the ultra-conservative Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabi