Saudi Arabia executes Firas Al-Sabah in Madinah for repeat hashish trafficking
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.
Saudi Arabia executed Firas bin Ahmed bin Saleh Al-Sabah, a Saudi national, in the Madinah
region on Saturday 29 August 2026 (16 Rabi al-Awwal 1448 AH).[1][2][3]
The Interior Ministry said he had trafficked hashish for a second time by transporting it.[1][2][3]Security forces arrested him, charged him after investigation and referred him to the competent
court, which found him guilty and sentenced him to death as a discretionary (taazir) punishment.[1][2][3]The judgment became final after appeal and confirmation by the Supreme Court, and a royal order
authorised the carrying out of the sentence.[1][2][3]
CNN Arabic said the ministry statement was carried by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).[2]The ministry warned that drug smugglers and traffickers face the prescribed penalties.[1][3]
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