Saudi Arabia on Friday beheaded a convicted Pakistani heroin trafficker, adding to a sharp increase in executions this year.
Shah Faisal Azeem Shah was found guilty of smuggling the drugs hidden in his body, the interior ministry said in a statement reported by the official Saudi Press Agency.
Authorities carried out the sentence against him in the capital Riyadh.
The kingdom resumed executions last week after a pause for the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan and the subsequent Eid al-Fitr holiday.
