“Recent photo of beer cans masked as Pepsi soft drink cans by football fans to smuggle beer into Qatar during the FIFA World Cup 2022”
Social media posts
Claim dated 20 Nov 2022.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The posted photo is not related to the FIFA World Cup 2022. It is an old photo that was taken in 2015 when Saudi Arabian officials confiscated beer cans masked as soft drinks
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 November 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 28 November 2022, 8 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/SportPremiNews/posts/pfbid0fPxX9RQrBG8hXznKGSSwogo5PcPrGXyMjcqYh…
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