Saudi Arabia executed a convicted Pakistani heroin smuggler Tuesday.
Nimat Allah Mola Baksh had been found guilty of smuggling the drugs inside his body, the interior ministry said in a statement.
He was put to death in the kingdom’s east.
Most Saudi executions are carried out by beheading with a sword, in what the ministry says is a deterrent.
Rights experts have raised concerns about the fairness of the trials.
They also say the death penalty should not be applied in drug cases.
Under the kingdom’s strict Islamic legal code, murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, rape and apostasy are all punishable by death.
