Riyadh, April 4 (IANS/AKI) A Pakistani man has been executed in Saudi Arabia after being found guilty of drug trafficking.

Salim Shah Sayed Shah was decapitated, according to state news agency Spa, citing the Ministry of Interior.

He was found guilty of ‘transporting in a large quantity of heroin into the Kingdom’, the ministry said in a statement.

In the past four months, 681 people have been arrested in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of drug trafficking.

–IANS/AKI
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