UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABU DHABI
January 19, 2011: an Abu Dhabi appeal court sentenced an Afghan national to death for smuggling nearly eight kg of heroin into the United Arab Emirates. Albayan newspaper said four other Afghan drug smugglers were sentenced to death early this month, including two in absentia. (Sources: Emirates247.com, 19/01/2011)
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