Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed a Syrian convicted of drug smuggling, bringing to 75 the number of locals and foreigners beheaded in the kingdom this year despite international concerns.
The sentence against Ridwan Awad Mohammad Awad was carried out in the city of Qurayyat near the border with Jordan, the interior ministry said.
He was caught trying to smuggle "a large amount" of amphetamine pills into the kingdom, added the statement on the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The interior ministry said this week that authorities had seized more than 41 million amphetamine tablets during the Islamic calendar year that ended in October.
