The Ministry of Interior said in a statement issued today that a Pakistani narcotics smuggler named Salman Khan Taj Mohammed was executed in Dammam, the Eastern Region today because he tried to smuggle a large quantity of heroin into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Ministry said that the Pakistani smuggler confessed his crime; the General Court convicted him; the sentence was endorsed by the Cassation Court and the 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 great harm to individuals and the society, stressing that offenders will be punished severely.
