An Egyptian court sentenced to death on Sunday (September 5th) ten men, including seven Pakistanis, one Iranian and two Egyptians, for drug trafficking after the seizure of "
more than two tons of heroin
", a judicial source told AFP .
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The authorities had discovered on a boat off the Red Sea a shipment of heroin "
worth 107 million euros and 99 kilograms
" of methamphetamine, according to the same source, who did not specify the date. of the seizure.
Sentenced to death by hanging by the Criminal Court of the Red Sea Governorate, the ten men have 60 days to appeal the judgment, she added. Egypt experienced a “
significant peak
” of executions
last year
with 107 recorded against 32 in 2019, according to Amnesty International. According to the NGO, Egypt is the third country in the world carrying out the highest number of executions after China and Iran.
