Three Yemenis executed in Asir for cannabis and qat smuggling
Saudi Arabia executed Yemeni nationals Yahya Ali Moussa A'ti, Ali Ibrahim Jibran Ahmad and Shu'ei Issa Yousef Hajaji in the Asir region on 15 August 2017 for smuggling a large quantity of cannabis and qat into the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia executed Yemeni nationals Yahya Ali Moussa A’ti, Ali Ibrahim Jibran Ahmad and Shu’ei Issa Yousef Hajaji in the Asir region on 15 August 2017.[1][2]The Interior Ministry said the three had been convicted of smuggling a large quantity of cannabis and a quantity of narcotic qat into the kingdom.[1]
The ministry said the General Court convicted the men, the Appeal and Supreme Courts endorsed the sentence, and a royal order was issued to carry it out.[1]An executions log for 2017 records all three by name as beheaded in public in Saudi Arabia on 15 August for a drugs offence.[2]
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