MOHAMMED BIN MUBARAK BIN IBRAHIM AL-RIDWAN, A SAUDI, WAS BEHEADED HERE TODAY AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF PEDDLING HASHISH, SAID A STATEMENT RELEASED BY THE INTERIOR MINISTRY. THE CULPRIT WAS CONVICTED BY THE COURT, AND THE VERDICT WAS APPROVED BY THE CASSATION COURT AND THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COUNCIL. THE STATEMENT CONFIRMED THE DETERMINATION OF THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE LAW AND ORDER AND TO SEVERELY PUNISH THE CRIMINALS.