Attempt to smuggle in liquor to Saudi foiled
Manama : Saudi Customs officials have foiled an attempt to smuggle in more than 800 cans of beer and around 80 bottles of liquor from Bahrain. The liquor bottles and cans were hidden in two cars proceeding from Bahrain through King Fahd Causeway to Saudi Arabia.
King Fahd Causeway Customs in Charge Sulaiman Al Bulaiheed told Saudi media yesterday that the cans and bottles were confiscated from two vehicles in two separate operations.
“Forty-eight bottles of liquor were detected in a vehicle hidden in its gas tank. Another 31 bottles and a total of 836 cans of beer were found in another vehicle which entered the Kingdom from Bahrain. They were stashed in special compartments in the car’s bumpers and trunk,” Al Buaiheed stated.
This is the biggest bust of smuggled alcohol beverages from Bahrain this year. DT News reported earlier that more than 400 bottles, hidden in car tyres, were seized by the Saudi customs.
Vehicles crossing the causeway are only checked on one side to save travellers’ time. Cars coming from Saudi are inspected on the Bahraini side of the causeway and vice versa.
The Saudi and Bahraini authorities frequently announce attempts to smuggle in alcoholic beverages, drugs and sometimes humans. No details were available on the nationalities of the smugglers.
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