PNG villagers loot beer truck
Liam Fox, PNG correspondent
Last Updated: 22 hours 44 minutes ago
People from several villages in Papua New Guinea's highlands have gone on a massive drinking binge after looting a truck carrying thousands of cartons of beer.
Police say a truck carrying 4000 cartons of beer worth around $US130,000 dollars ran off a road in Chimbu province on Thursday.
The driver was unhurt but local villagers flocked to the site, ripped open the trailer and looted the beer.
Superintendent Joseph Tondop told the National newspaper his officers had to disperse crowds of drunks who'd gathered on the road to harass passers-by.
Another eye witness told the paper almost everyone from three nearby villages was intoxicated.
Superintendent Tondop said he hopes common sense will return when everyone sobers up on Friday.
