Saudi beheads drug trafficker

1153 A replica of the the Sword of Stalingrad on display at the South African Museum of Military History in Saxonwold north of Johannesburg. 260707 - Picture: Jennifer Bruce

1153 A replica of the the Sword of Stalingrad on display at the South African Museum of Military History in Saxonwold north of Johannesburg. 260707 - Picture: Jennifer Bruce

Published Mar 2, 2012

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Saudi Arabia beheaded a man on Friday after he was convicted of drug trafficking, the kingdom's interior ministry said.

Majid al-Anzi, a Saudi national, was convicted of smuggling over one million “banned narcotic pills” into the country, said the statement carried by state news agency SPA.

He was beheaded in the northern city of Tabuk, it said.

His death brings to 10 the number of people executed in Saudi Arabia since the beginning of the year, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.

Amnesty International said the kingdom executed 79 people in 2011.

The ultra-conservative kingdom applies the death penalty for a wide range of offences, including rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking. – Sapa-AFP

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