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48,000 cans of beer disguised as Pepsi seized at Saudi Arabia border crossing

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. KsaCustoms/Twitter

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – 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.

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In video posted 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.

https://twitter.com/KsaCustoms/status/664415721523408896

Drinking or possessing alcohol is a criminal offence in the ultra-conservative Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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