Mohsen bin Mohammed bin Saleh al-Mokhles was beheaded by the sword in Dammam in the east of the kingdom for trafficking in hashish, under a Saudi Interior Ministry statement carried by the official SPA news agency.[1] The Hands Off Cain account is sourced to an Agence France-Presse wire dated 24 January 2010.[1] A British executions database lists the same beheading under 25 January, with the crime given as drugs.[2]
Saudi Arabia beheads man in Dammam for hashish trafficking
Saudi Arabia beheaded Mohsen bin Mohammed bin Saleh al-Mokhles in Dammam on 24 January 2010 after his conviction for trafficking in hashish. The Interior Ministry announced the beheading through the official SPA news agency.
🇸🇦 Dammam, Eastern Province · Saudi Arabia
- Deaths
- 1
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Case stage
- Executed
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Deaths
- 1
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Activity
- Trafficking
- Case stage
- Executed
Sources
- Hands Off Cainhandsoffcain.infoArchived copySAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
- Capital Punishment UKcapitalpunishmentuk.orgArchived copyWorldwide Executions in 2010
Open questions the AI reported
- Capital Punishment UK lists the beheading under 25 January while the AFP wire dates it 24 January; this report uses the wire date.
- No quantity of hashish and no dates for the arrest, trial or sentencing were published in the opened sources.
- No photograph of the man or the execution with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources.