DAMMAM: Customs officials seized 550 bottles of alcoholic drinks hidden in the inner layers of the wall of a container at a customs facility in the King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam recently.

Othman Al-Roqaei, director of customs at the port, said the discovery was made with the help of scanner machines. He added that the container had been lying in the customs shed unclaimed over the past two months, Al-Shams daily reported on Thursday.