Did Beer cans masked as soft drinks and shared during the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup

Claim: Recent image of football fans using beer cans disguised as Pepsi cans to smuggle beer into Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

It has been claimed that a photograph of beer cans disguised as Pepsi soft drink cans depicts football fans smuggling beer into Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Let's check the post's claim for accuracy.

The same image was found in a 2015 "Al Arabiya News" article when the posted photo was searched using Google Reverse Image Search. "a smuggler tried to carry nearly 48,000 cans of beers disguised as Pepsi cans into Saudi Arabia over the Al Batha border crossing with the UAE," according to the article. You can read additional news articles about the incident in 2015 here, here, and here. Therefore, the image that was posted has nothing to do with the FIFA World Cup 2022.

However, an incident was widely reported  by many media agencies that a Mexico fan allegedly tried to sneak beer into a Qatar stadium inside binoculars.

To sum it up, an unrelated old photo is shared as beer cans masked as soft drinks during the Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022.

Fact: The image that was posted has nothing to do with the FIFA World Cup 2022. This image dates back to 2015, when officials in Saudi Arabia seized beer cans disguised as soft drinks. Therefore, the assertion made in the post is WRONG.