TWO THAIS AND ONE PAKISTANI EXECUTED IN SAUDI ARABIA

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia executed on Monday two Thais and a Pakistani convicted
of drug smuggling, said the Interior Ministry.

The two Thai men were found guilty of smuggling and selling hashish, while
the Pakistani was convicted of swallowing packets of heroin and smuggling
them into the country.

The conservative kingdom executes convicted murderers, rapists and drug
smugglers, usually by public beheading with a sword. Monday's executions,
in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, brought to six the number of people put to
death this year.