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KUWAIT. 4 PAKISTANIS HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
October 2, 2005: Mohammed Ahmed Khan, 33, Abdul-Basir Abdul Hai Mohammed Ishaq, 50, Faz Mohammed Youseff Khan, 32, and Sayed Mudassar Shah Hekmat, 26, were hanged at a police station in the capital Kuwait City, and the public was later invited to view the strung-up bodies. Criminal courts in Kuwait found each of the men guilty of smuggling heroin into the country by ingesting capsules containing the drug, said a statement issued by the justice ministry, IANS reported .
The head of communications for the Department of Criminal Execution, Naguib al-Mullah, said the total commercial value of the heroin ingested by the men amounted to Kuwaiti dinars 556,000 ($1.9 million), the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported . (Sources: PakTribune, 02/10/2005)
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