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SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI HEROIN TRAFFICKER EXECUTED
October 27, 2015: Saudi Arabia executed a convicted Pakistani heroin smuggler, bringing the number of people put to death this year to 138.
Nimat Allah Mola Baksh had been found guilty of smuggling the drugs inside his body, the interior ministry said in a statement.
He was put to death in the kingdom’s east.
According to AFP tallies, Baksh was the 138th Saudi or foreigner put to death by the kingdom this year, compared with 87 in 2014. (Sources: AFP, 27/10/2015)
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