News (Media Awareness Project) - Dubai: Pakistani Drug Smuggler Put To Death Over Heroin |
| Title: | Dubai: Pakistani Drug Smuggler Put To Death Over Heroin |
| Published On: | 2000-06-17 |
| Source: | Vancouver Sun (CN BC) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-03 19:20:36 |
PAKISTANI DRUG SMUGGLER PUT TO DEATH OVER HEROIN
DUBAI - Saudi Arabia on Friday executed a Pakistani convicted of smuggling
drugs into the kingdom, raising to at least 53 the number of people
reported to have been put to death in the conservative kingdom so far this
year.
The official Saudi Press Agency quoted an interior ministry statement as
saying the man was executed after being found guilty of smuggling an
unspecified amount of heroin into the Gulf Arab state.
DUBAI - Saudi Arabia on Friday executed a Pakistani convicted of smuggling
drugs into the kingdom, raising to at least 53 the number of people
reported to have been put to death in the conservative kingdom so far this
year.
The official Saudi Press Agency quoted an interior ministry statement as
saying the man was executed after being found guilty of smuggling an
unspecified amount of heroin into the Gulf Arab state.
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