The Ministry of Interior said in a statement issued today that Syrian Drug Smuggler Humam Eid Al-Kandar was executed in Jouf Region today because he tried to smuggle 169,000 drug capsules into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Ministry said that the Syrian smuggler confessed his crime; the General Court convicted him; the sentence was endorsed by Cassation Court and Supreme Court; and a royal order was issued to execute the sentence. The Ministry of Interior affirms that the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud is keen on combating narcotics because of their serious damages to individuals and the society, warning anyone who tries to perpetrate such actions to be punished according to the religion.