8,432 foreign liquor bottles seized

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

An Arab man was arrested after he arrived at Shuaiba Port to collect a shipment containing alcoholic drinks. Criminal
investigators at the Interior Ministry coordinated with the investigations division at the Customs General Department, after receiving information about an alcoholic drinks’ shipment arriving from a GCC country. An Arab representative was detained and sent for questioning after he came over to process the paperwork to receive the shipment; in which officers found cardboard boxes containing a total of 8,432 liquor bottles. The man said that he was collecting the shipment on behalf of a Georgian national who imported it. The man was also arrested and sent to the concerned authorities for further action.

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