Saudi Arabia police have started searching the man who also has a severe contagious disease. PHOTO: FILE
An alleged Pakistani drug dealer has escaped Saudi prison circumventing tight security.
The Saudi police have started the search to find the drug dealer who also has an acute contagious disease.
"The prisoner has been awaiting trial on drug trafficking charges. He is suffering from a serious contagious disease,” daily 'Sada' reported, citing a police statement in the Western Red Sea port of Jeddah.
According to the law enforcers in Saudi Arabia, warrants have already been issued for the 40-year-old drug dealer at all the Gulf Kingdom’s land, air and sea ports.
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The authorities have not divulged any information about the man for the public; however, reports suggest the alleged drug dealer hails from Pakistan.
Saudi Arabia in 2015 executed 153 people, most of them for drug trafficking or murder, according to an AFP tally.
Amnesty International said the number of executions in Saudi Arabia in 2015 was the highest for two decades.
The kingdom practices a strict Islamic legal code under which murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, rape and apostasy are all punishable by death.
The article originally appeared on Emirates 24/7
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