HAMDAN BIN EIAD BIN SULEIMAN AL-MASAUDI, A SAUDI NATIONAL, WAS BEHEADED HERE TODAY AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF SMUGGLING HASHISH INTO THE KINGDOM, SAID A STATEMENT RELEASED BY THE INTERIOR MINISTRY. 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.