Attempt to smuggle liquor foiled

Custom officers in Al-Bat’ha entry point foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 4,600 bottles of liquor from a neighboring Gulf country.

November 19, 2013

Shams Ahsan

 


 


AHSA — Custom officers in Al-Bat’ha entry point foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 4,600 bottles of liquor from a neighboring Gulf country. Customs officers grew suspicious when they noticed the truck driver panicking. When the officers searched the shipment, they found the liquor bottles carefully hidden among iron bars. The driver is under investigation.


November 19, 2013
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