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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 a video posted 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 green-and-white Heineken cans beneath it.
The Al-Arabiya news network quoted an official as saying:
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.
Drinking or possessing alcohol is a criminal offence in the ultra-conservative Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Contains reporting by the Associated Press.
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Heads will roll over this…literally.
Don’t think so… It is common enough…
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3278018/How-young-Saudis-drink-despite-country-s-strong-laws-tipple-choice-99-cent-proof-alcohol.html
Beer is bad. Worshipping a child molesting dead terrorist and caravan raider is good. Go figure Saudis
Few lads will be on the lash now anyway
The lash is exactly what they’ll get.
Man, if there was ever a country that needed to chill out over a few beers a side of BBQ ribs and a few spliffs its Saudi Arabia.
They just do that in other countries as well as sex with male and female prostitutes… And then come home and rape the wife or the domestic…
If u can’t drink while ur living how the feck will u do it when ur dead nice Xmas box for the customs
Good to know where their priorities lie.
Pepsi, obviously not the real thing,
Even better than….
I read this last WEEK on the Sunday world…..
Ah see it had to be verified it wasn’t another Nicola talent(serious misguided surname) Madey uppey thing.
Ah see it had to be verified it wasn’t another Nicola talent(serious misguided surname) Madey upped thing.
The war on drugs goes on.
No one can stop the beer baron!
I’LL GET YOU BEER BARON!!!!!!!
….no you won’t….
The custom boys will drink all of that. The Saudis love the booze.
They get pissed when they come to London.
Pity the police there don’t allocate any resources to anti-terrorism, in fact they probably aid it.
Some Saudi prince will be furious that his brothers in customs didn’t let it through . Now his bar will run dry for a bit until,the bactch comes in
48,000 cans? pfff lightweights
Someone is hanging for a Drink.
It wasnt 48,000 cans it was 47,991 someone drank the other 9
Like most laws it only applies to the poor.
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