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SAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
May 8, 2013: Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani man found guilty of smuggling drugs into the kingdom, the interior ministry said.
The man was caught attempting to smuggle heroin hidden inside his stomach, the ministry said.
He was executed in Riyadh.
His beheading brings to 38 the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the year, according to an AFP tally. (Sources: AFP, 08/05/2013)
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