(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
Madinah, Jumada I 20, 1439, Feb 6, 2018, SPA -- A nigerian national was executed here today after having been convicted of smuggling a quantity of cocaine drug, a statement issued by the Ministry of the Interior announced.
The statement added that a person named Adam Muhammad Idris, a Nigerian, was arrested on smuggling a quantity of drug cocaine.
Investigations resulted in charging him and later he was referred to the court, which issued a legal instrument that provides for the probation of a convicted person and carrying out a death penalty from the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. A royal order was issued to enforce the decision, in accordance with Islamic Sharia law.
-- SPA
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