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A Shariah court passed the death sentence on Ali Haji in line with the kingdom's policy of severely punishing criminals to maintain law and order, an interior ministry statement said.
"The culprit was convicted by the Shariah court and the verdict was approved by the ... Supreme Judicial Council," it said.
Drug smuggling is punishable with public beheading in Saudi Arabia. In 2001, at least 81 people were executed in the country.
Reports in India quoting relatives of those on death row in Saudi Arabia maintain that unscrupulous agents often use gullible people seeking jobs there as couriers for drugs.
PTI
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