SAUDI ARABIA: TWO NATIONALS EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

Saudi Arabia beheaded two nationals in the eastern province of Al-Ahsa after convicting them of drug smuggling, the interior ministry said.
The pair, Mustafa bin Nuh al-Zain, and Anas bin Malik al-Duheim, were accused of establishing a drug-smuggling ring inside the kingdom and of trafficking in “large quantities” of drugs, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi news agency.
The beheadings are the first executions of 2012.