JEDDAH: Customs inspectors at King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah recently apprehended an Asian woman attempting to smuggle alcohol into the Kingdom.

The woman had hidden the alcohol in her clothes.

Abdullah Al-Falai, customs chief at the airport, said that the officers had noticed that there was something suspicious about the woman and directed her to the women’s inspection room.

“Officers found five bottles of alcohol sewn into pockets of the dress the woman was wearing,” he said.

Al-Falai said that the smuggler had sewn the pockets closed in an attempt to conceal the bottles.

Al-Falai pointed out the importance of having women customs officers on duty for such cases. He stressed that inspections are the duty of the customs authority at all entry points into the Kingdom whether ground, air or sea.