Pubdate: Fri, 24 Nov 2000
Source: San Diego Union Tribune (CA)
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SAUDIS BEHEAD DRUG TRAFFICKER

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- A Pakistani convicted of drug trafficking was 
beheaded in Saudi Arabia yesterday, the Interior Ministry said.

Sayf Al-Rahman Abdul-Jabar was found guilty of smuggling an unspecified 
quantity of heroin into the kingdom, the ministry said in a statement.

Yesterday's beheading was at least the 125th in Saudi Arabia this year.
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