SAUDI ARABIA. AUTHORITIES BEHEAD SAUDI MAN CONVICTED OF DRUG SMUGGLING
May 22, 2007: Saudi authorities beheaded a Saudi national convicted of smuggling drugs into the country, the Interior Ministry said. Ayesh Bin Hajhooj al-Atwi was executed in the northern city of al-Jawf over smuggling hashish into the country, the official Saudi Press Agency reported, citing the interior ministry statement. (Sources: Ap, 22/05/2007)
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