Man caught with 48000 bottles of canned beer disguised as Pepsi trying to smuggle them into Saudi Arabia

 

 Saudi Arabia is an Islamic country were alcohol is not consumed due to the fact that it is against the Islamic believe.

 

 

The man had covered the Heineken beer cans with pepsi labels and was caught 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.

Footage of the security official's searching the cargo has also been posted on Twitter and shared thousands of times on social media sites.

 

Watch the video here