Two Thais and a Pakistani beheaded in Jeddah for drugs
Saudi Arabia beheaded two Thai nationals and a Pakistani man in Jeddah on 10 January 2005 for drug trafficking. The Thai men were convicted of smuggling hashish, 200 kilograms of marijuana according to Thai officials, while the Pakistani man was convicted of swallowing packets of heroin.
Two Thai nationals and a Pakistani man were beheaded by sword in Jeddah on
Monday 10 January 2005 after convictions for drug trafficking, the Interior
Ministry said.[1]The two Thai men had been found guilty of trafficking
hashish, while the Pakistani man had been caught smuggling heroin inside his
stomach.[1]Beheading by sword is the kingdom’s standard method of
execution.[1]
The Thai men
Thailand’s Labour Ministry identified the two Thais as Uthai Mahanam, 51, and
Bancherd Sangniam, and said they were executed for smuggling 200 kilograms of
marijuana into Saudi Arabia.[2]Uthai, from Khon Kaen province in northeastern
Thailand, had run a business in Jeddah for more than ten years, while Bancherd
had a criminal record in Saudi Arabia, had served jail time there and had
changed his name several times.[2]Thailand’s labour office in Jeddah worked
with the Thai consulate to bring the men’s bodies home.[2]
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