The Ministry of Interior said in a statement issued today that a narcotics smuggler called / Assif Ali Taj Mohamed - Pakistani national - was executed in the Eastern region today after being convicted of trying to smuggle a quantity of illegal drug of heroin hidden in his bowels into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Ministry said that the General Court convicted the smuggler; the sentence was endorsed by Appeal and Supreme Courts; 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 is keen on fighting all types of drugs due to their dangerous harms to the society and it warns whoever tries to commit such actions to be severely punished according to Sharia.