The condemned men, Eisa Ali Ahmed Hajri, Mohammed Ali Saifi and Majid Gasim al-Ahdal, were sentenced to die for attempting to smuggle hashish into the kingdom, the interior ministry said in a statement.
Saudi Arabia, ranked by Amnesty International among the world’s top three executioners, cites deterrence as a reason for their use of the death penalty despite criticism from human rights groups.
During a visit to Riyadh earlier this month French President Francois Hollande called for capital punishment to be banned.
Drug trafficking, rape, murder, apostasy and armed robbery are all punishable by death under Saudi Arabia's strict version of Islamic Sharia law.
