Man sentenced to 4 years in Dubai for .003g of marijuana

[Frazz]

Again Another bust !!!

 

Radio 1 DJ jailed for four years in Dubai on cannabis charge

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By Amol Rajan

Wednesday, 20 February 2008

 

A Radio 1 DJ has been jailed for four years in Dubai after admitting to possession of cannabis as he entered the country.

 

Grooverider, whose real name is Raymond Bingham, was given the sentence for drug possession in the United Arab Emirates after his lawyers unsuccessfully argued that his ignorance of local laws justified a pardon.

 

The DJ was arrested at Dubai airport on 23 November last year with 2.16g of cannabis in his pocket, which has a street value of about £10, three hours before he was due to play an hour-long set at a show in The Lodge, a nightclub. In court he claimed: "I forgot I had them in my trousers."

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/mi...rge-784400.html

 

Its an outrageous perversion

[HighRising]

So wear conservative style clothes, keep your hair nice n neat, don't wear sunnies, spend a few $$ on some respectable looking luggage and you will find customs will wave you through a lot more easily that the guy with dreadlocks and a backpack.

 

That's pretty much me, I went through 15 countries, 15 flights in less than 6 months. Hair all the way down my back, carrying a guitar, backpacking it, wearing the clothes I lived in and honestly airport security did not look at me any more than anyone else, not even a blink. Everyone was nothing but nice to me, except maybe the Germans, who are about as charismatic as you would expect German airport security to be. Even when arriving from Amsterdam, which I thought would ring bells because I stank to high heaven of smoke. Obviously I was never stupid enough to try take anything with me. Back in Aus I got sniffed down by the beagle (food crumbs in my bag, doh) and the customs lady barely even bothered to check what was in there.

 

Airport security are often just contractors doing a job, who are more bothered about ticking the boxes of minimal work rather than actually being thorough. Just take extra care to have no metal on you and you'll just get waved through with a smile 99% of the time.

 

As is the case with most things in life, just be yourself. Be cool, be polite, friendly and you'll get the same back.