SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI MAN EXECUTED OVER DRUGS
April 21, 2016: Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani national for smuggling drugs, taking to 86 the number of people the ultra-conservative kingdom has put to death this year.
Shah Zaman Khan Sayyed had been found guilty of attempting to smuggle heroin and amphetamines into the kingdom, the interior ministry said.
The sentence was carried out in the Riyadh region. (Sources: news24.com, 21/04/2016)
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