SAUDI BEHEADS CITIZEN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
August 31, 2008: Saudi authorities announced the beheading of a citizen convicted of drug trafficking.
The Saudi Press Agency, quoting the Interior Ministry, said Hussein Bin Saleh Mailu was executed in the eastern town of al-Khobar after being convicted of smuggling hash into the country. (Sources: International Herald Tribune, 31/08/2008)
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