Customs officers at Al-Batha on the border with the United Arab Emirates seized 6,676 bottles of alcohol hidden inside a truck attempting to enter the Kingdom at the crossing point on Friday. Customs chief Dhaifallah Al-Otaibi said that officers' suspicions fell on a truck whose driver claimed he was transporting large electrical transformers and an inspection of the contents of the vehicle revealed numerous bottles hidden inside one of the transformers. “In another truck officers found eight metal detectors,” Al-Oatibi said. “The drivers were detained for questioning.
