UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO FOREIGNERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG DEALING

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the Criminal Court of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, sentenced two Asians to be executed by a firing squad for smuggling, possessing and trafficking in drugs in separate cases. The Anti-Narcotics Department arrested the two in separate ambushes after agents reported that the suspects possessed drugs for trafficking.
 
(Sources: Gulf Today, 26/05/2011)

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