Singapore Hangs 2 as Drug Traffickers
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From Reuters
SINGAPORE — Two Singaporean drug traffickers were hanged Friday for trafficking in nearly 45 pounds of drugs in 1982, a prison spokesman said.
Singapore has hanged 24 drug traffickers since 1975 when it introduced a mandatory death penalty for anyone convicted of trafficking in more than half an ounce of heroin.
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