8th February, 2008: Another Sharia Shinnanigan?

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All those that take drugs, any drugs, beware if you’re travelling to the United Arab Emirates!

Their very strict and stringent laws regarding drugs seem to be rather extreme especially to us Westerners who currently enjoy a plethora of legal, non prescribed, drugs available over the counter.

Simple pain killers can see you in jail!

I don’t think I’ll be visiting UEA ‘ever’ not that I take drugs, even prescription ones!

Possession of painkillers like codeine and some cold and flu medication could result in a mandatory four-year prison sentence, Fair Trials International said.

Remember to have your legal drugs prescribed by your GP, and have your GP write you a letter detailing the prescription.

If they find any amount – no matter how minute – it will be enough to attract a mandatory four-year prison sentence.

Holy guacamole!

Keith Brown and his wife had been on their way from London to Ethiopia when they were stopped and searched at Dubai airport.

At first customs officers found nothing, but then a roll-up cigarette was spotted caught in the tread of his shoe.

The 43-year-old, from Middlesex, was charged with possession of 0.003g of cannabis and was sentenced to four years in prison.

How unfair is that?

Meanwhile, a Swiss national is serving a four-year jail term after three poppy seeds from a bread roll he ate at Heathrow airport were found on his clothes.

Fair Trials International has published a full list of banned substances on its website.

When I think of all the people I know in this Country that do drugs (recreationally) it’s quite scary really. Did the UAE really think 3 poppy seeds on someone’s clothing amounted to drug use? Fucking hell!