Saudi beheaded in Al-Jawf for smuggling hashish into the kingdom
Saudi national Jalal bin Ahmed al-Marhoun was beheaded in the northern city of Al-Jawf on 16 May 2007 after being convicted of smuggling hashish into Saudi Arabia.
Saudi national Jalal bin Ahmed al-Marhoun was executed in the northern city of Al-Jawf after being convicted of smuggling hashish into the kingdom, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.[1][2]The beheading was carried out with a sword, as is customary in public executions in Saudi Arabia.[1]
The execution was announced alongside the beheading of two Ethiopians in Jeddah for a fatal armed robbery, taking the year’s reported execution total in the kingdom to 70.[1]Saudi Arabia applies the death penalty for murder, drug trafficking, rape and armed robbery under its strict interpretation of Islamic law.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The reports say al-Marhoun was executed "yesterday" in items published 17 May 2007, while the Hands Off Cain chronology dates the execution to 16 May; 16 May is the date this report uses.
The quantity of hashish smuggled was not stated in the opened sources.
No detail of the trial or court that convicted him was reported in the opened sources.
No photograph of the event with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources.
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.