Two executed for drugs smuggling

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia executed two Thai men yesterday for drugs smuggling, bringing to at least 51 the number of people executed in the kingdom this year.

The two men received hashish hidden in imported consignments of sports equipment, the official news agency SPA said.

They were executed in Dammam. The executions, usually carried out through public beheadings, apply to those convicted of drug trafficking, rape, murder and other violent crimes.