Can you imagine what this alcoholic
man is trying to do?This smuggler was caught trying to sneak 14 bottles of
liquor in his underwear into Saudi Arabia, according to official Saudi Press
Agency (SPA).
The Saudi man was stopped
at customs on his way back from the island kingdom of Bahrain on the
16-mile-long King Fahd Causeway linking the two Gulf countries, according to
head of customs Fahad Dhufallah al-Otaibi.
After a search, inspectors
detected the bottles of booze which were attached with adhesive tapes to the
man's upper and lower legs and hidden by the man’s traditional long white robe.
Customs officials became
suspicious of the man after noticing he was walking oddly as he re-entered the
Saudi Arabia from Bahrain.
Alcohol is illegal in
Saudi Arabia and as a result there are tough penalties such as public flogging
or long detention for anyone caught trying to break the law.
Last week, Saudi customs
seized two shipments of liquor from Bahrain, including 415 bottles concealed in
various parts of a vehicle and 83l of liquor hidden inside the fuel tank
reserve of a truck.
In October, a British man
was caught with homemade wine and faced public lashing.
Karl Andree, 74, was
arrested by Saudi religious police and spent more than a year in prison. He was
spared flogging because of his age and ill-health.
We don’t know what will
befall the man now.
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