3 Saudis beheaded over hashish trafficking

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Three Saudi security guards were beheaded in northern Saudi Arabia on Sunday after being convicted of trafficking hashish and using government vehicles to transport the drug, the Interior Ministry said.

Khamis bin Mabrouk al-Sayeri, Nasser bin Mohammed al-Fahadi and Zidan al-Oqaili al-Anzi were arrested while loading an undisclosed amount of hashish into vehicles belonging to Saudi border guards, officials said.

The guards were later convicted of drug trafficking and breaching the state’s trust for using the vehicles.

Sunday’s executions bring to 13 the number of people executed here this year.