Customs officers duly discovered what they considered to be an extraordinary stash of alcoholic beverages, despite the man's claims that the booze was meant purely for personal consumption.

While he first claimed to have 40 crates of beer, it turned out he was actually carrying 340 crates; totaling 2357 litres of beer, 158 litres of pre-mixed drinks, 12 litres of wine, and 15 litres of spirits.

The man was put on trial on suspicions of illegal alcohol smuggling.

However, the court acquitted the man by reasoning that he, his father, and other relatives could plausibly consume all the beer within a year if they drank 1.3 litres every weekday.

They referenced a recent Supreme Court ruling which found that transporting huge amounts of alcohol across the border into [the country] doesn't necessarily indicate the beverages are meant to be sold illegally.