Custom authorities have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 12,578 bottles of wine through King Abdul Aziz Seaport in Dammam. Othman Bin Abdulrahman Al-Ruqaie, Director General of Seaport's Customs, said the bottles were hidden in a steam boiler with a used pump. In the recent past, several attempts to smuggle alcohol and other contraband drugs have been thwarted.