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Beer Poses as Soda to Get into Saudi Arabia
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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/beer_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Beer Poses as Soda to Get into Saudi Arabia' data-article-id='983'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9208'>It seemed like a routine transport of soft drinks: 48,000 cans of Pepsi cola.</span> <span data-start-time='9208' data-end-time='18958'>But when customs officials in Saudi Arabia looked more closely at the shipment, they found beer instead.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='18958' data-end-time='23771'>The officials tore off the Pepsi labels on the cans. </span> <span data-start-time='23771' data-end-time='28167'>Underneath were Heineken beer labels.</span> <span data-start-time='28167' data-end-time='31854'>The reason for the trickery is clear. </span> <span data-start-time='31854' data-end-time='35667'>Alcohol is banned in Saudi Arabia.</span> <span data-start-time='35667' data-end-time='43292'>Saudi customs agents made the discovery Thursday near the border with the United Arab Emirates.</span> <span data-start-time='43292' data-end-time='51083'>There is no information about what happened to the driver of the truckload of “fake soda.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/beer_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=4525 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/what_does_routine_mean.m4a'>What does routine mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a regular way of doing things'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/meant_to_look_real.m4a'><span>meant to look real</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/piece_of_paper.m4a'><span>piece of paper</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/a_regular_way_of_doing_things.m4a'><span>a regular way of doing things</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/the_use_of_tricks.m4a'><span>the use of tricks</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=4526 data-hint-location='9208' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/what_was_found_instead_of_soda.m4a'>What was found instead of soda?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='beer'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/beer.m4a'><span>beer</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/money.m4a'><span>money</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/drugs.m4a'><span>drugs</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/candy.m4a'><span>candy</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=4527 data-hint-location='23771' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/underneath_the_pepsi_labels_were__blank__labels.m4a'>Underneath the pepsi labels were <span class='blank'>Heineken</span> labels.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Heineken'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/miller_lite.m4a'><span>Miller Lite</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/heineken.m4a'><span>Heineken</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/san_pellegrino.m4a'><span>San Pellegrino</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/621/cocacola.m4a'><span>Coca-Cola</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
It seemed like a routine transport of soft drinks: 48,000 cans of Pepsi cola.But when customs officials in Saudi Arabia looked more closely at the shipment, they found beer instead.
The officials tore off the Pepsi labels on the cans. Underneath were Heineken beer labels.The reason for the trickery is clear. Alcohol is banned in Saudi Arabia.Saudi customs agents made the discovery Thursday near the border with the United Arab Emirates.There is no information about what happened to the driver of the truckload of “fake soda.”
