SAUDI ARABIA: TWO DRUG TRAFFICKERS BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded two men convicted of drug trafficking in the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry announced.
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Saudi Arabia beheaded two men convicted of drug trafficking in the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry announced.
Mohammed Abdulmalik Ajaj, a Syrian, was arrested for smuggling “207,000 banned narcotic pills,” the ministry said in a statement published on state news agency SPA.
He was beheaded in the northern province of Jawf.
Separately, the ministry said a Saudi, Hamad al-Yami, was beheaded in Jizan, in southwestern Saudi Arabia, for trafficking hashish.
The beheadings bring to eight the number of executions carried out in Saudi Arabia so far in 2012, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.
Mohammed Abdulmalik Ajaj, a Syrian, was arrested for smuggling “207,000 banned narcotic pills,” the ministry said in a statement published on state news agency SPA.
He was beheaded in the northern province of Jawf.
Separately, the ministry said a Saudi, Hamad al-Yami, was beheaded in Jizan, in southwestern Saudi Arabia, for trafficking hashish.
The beheadings bring to eight the number of executions carried out in Saudi Arabia so far in 2012, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: AFP, 14/02/2012)
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