Saudi Arabia executes four Yemenis for hashish smuggling in Medina
Yahya Mohammed Yahya Lutfullah, Ali Abdullah Ahmed Azib, Ahmed Yahya Masoud Ali and Salem Ibrahim Nahari were executed in the Medina region on 22 October 2024 after the interior ministry said they smuggled hashish into the kingdom.
🇸🇦 Medina region, Saudi Arabia
- Deaths
- 4
Saudi Arabia executed four Yemeni men in the Medina region on 22 October 2024 for smuggling hashish.[1][2] The interior ministry named them as Yahya Mohammed Yahya Lutfullah, Ali Abdullah Ahmed Azib,
Ahmed Yahya Masoud Ali and Salem Ibrahim Nahari.[1][2] It said they were arrested, tried, and
sentenced to discretionary death after the Supreme Court upheld the convictions.[1][2]
Part of a larger execution day
The ministry announcement republished by Ajel deals only with these four hashish smugglers in Medina.[1] Other executions announced the same week included murder cases; the opened sources here do not
describe those defendants.[1][2]
Sources
- «الداخلية»: تنفيذ حكم القتل تعزيراً في 4 مقيمين بالمدينة المنورة لتهريبهم الحشيش إلى المملكة. Ajel (Saudi Press Agency), 23 October 2024. In Arabic. Archived copy.
- السعودية..اعدام 4 يمنيين بهذه التهمة!. Qana24, 23 October 2024. In Arabic. Archived copy.
Open questions the AI reported
- Wire summaries of the same SPA batch placed the four Yemenis in Asir province rather than Medina; this report follows the ministry statement republished by Ajel.
- The opened sources do not state how much hashish was smuggled.