SAUDI ARABIA CARRIES OUT 77TH EXECUTION OF 2014
Saudi Arabia beheaded a convicted Saudi drug trafficker, the 77th state execution in the oil-rich kingdom
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Saudi Arabia beheaded a convicted Saudi drug trafficker, the 77th state execution in the oil-rich kingdom this year despite international concerns.
Nasser bin Amiq Ali al-Inzi was convicted of trying to smuggle "a large amount" of amphetamines into the country, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
He was beheaded in the northern Jawf region.
The Saudi authorities often announce the seizure of drugs in a country where people convicted of smuggling narcotics are beheaded by the sword.
At the end of November, the interior ministry said that more than 41 million amphetamine pills had been seized over the previous 12 months.
Nasser bin Amiq Ali al-Inzi was convicted of trying to smuggle "a large amount" of amphetamines into the country, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
He was beheaded in the northern Jawf region.
The Saudi authorities often announce the seizure of drugs in a country where people convicted of smuggling narcotics are beheaded by the sword.
At the end of November, the interior ministry said that more than 41 million amphetamine pills had been seized over the previous 12 months.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: AFP, Al-Akhbar, 09/12/2014)
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