OMAN
January 31, 2001: First execution for drug trafficking in Oman.
a Pakistani national, Murad Bkhit was executed in Oman for drug trafficking.
Bhkit was sentenced under a 1999 law stipulating the death sentence for drug-related offences, aimed to reduce the traffic and consumption of drugs in the sultanate.
This was the first time a drug trafficker was executed in Oman.
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- Sources: Ansa, 31/01/2001