Four Yemenis executed in Asir for hashish smuggling
Saudi Arabia executed four Yemeni nationals in the Asir Region on 23 October 2024 for smuggling hashish into the kingdom, among seven executions carried out that day, five of them for drug trafficking.
Saudi Arabia executed seven people on Wednesday 23 October 2024, five of them
for drug trafficking, according to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).[1][2]
Four of them, Yemeni nationals named as Yahya Lutfullah, Ali Azib, Ahmed Ali
and Salem Nahari, were put to death in the southern province of Asir for
smuggling hashish into the country.[1][2]
Also that day a Pakistani man was executed for drug trafficking, and two Saudi
nationals were executed for murder.[1][2]The seven deaths brought the
kingdom’s 2024 execution total to 236 by that date.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Deaths
4
Agency type
Anti-narcotics agency
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Smuggling, Trafficking
Case stage
Executed
Sentence
Death sentence
Sources
News Central TVnewscentraltv.comSaudi Arabia Executes Seven Over Drug Trafficking. 23 October 2024 executions; four Yemenis in Asir for hashish; Pakistani drug execution; two murder executions
The Frontierthefrontierng.comArchived copySaudi Arabia executes 7 people in one day; 236 this year. Asir hashish executions of four Yemenis; 236 executions in 2024; moratorium ended two years earlier
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The quantity of hashish smuggled was not stated.
Three other people were executed the same day in unrelated cases and are left out here.
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry executed two Ethiopian nationals in the Asir region on 11 November 2026 after convicting them of smuggling amphetamine pills and hashish into the kingdom. The ministry named the men and said their death sentences became final after appeal and confirmation by the Supreme Court.
Saudi Arabia executed five Ethiopian nationals in the Asir region on 5 November 2026 after convicting them of smuggling hashish. The executions brought the kingdom's 2026 total to 205, including 124 drug cases and 32 Ethiopians.
Saudi Arabia executed three Ethiopian nationals in the Asir region on 7 October 2026 after a court convicted them of jointly smuggling hashish into the kingdom. The interior ministry named them and said the death sentence was upheld on appeal and by the Supreme Court.
Saudi Arabia carried out a discretionary death sentence against Firas bin Ahmed bin Saleh Al-Sabah in the Madinah region on 29 August 2026 after convicting him a second time of trafficking hashish by transport.