DJ Given Four Years For Taking Cannabis

Puffin13 · Post by **Puffin13** » Tue 29th Jun 2010 05:06 am

DJ Given Four Years For Taking Cannabis

A Dubai-based British disc jockey was yesterday jailed for four years after tests found traces of marijuana in his bloodstream.

The DJ, identified as 30-year-old AY, was charged with consuming drugs after Dubai Police’s anti-narcotics department received a tip-off from an informant.

When AY was arrested he was not found in possession of any drugs but traces were found in his blood. He was arrested in March in Jumeirah and claimed he had not smoked cannabis since December.

He denied the charges and said he consumed the drug at home in the UK during Christmas. However, prosecutors claimed a blood test showed he consumed the drug in the UAE.

AY, who has two weeks to appeal the sentence, is the latest DJ to fall foul of the Emirates’ drugs legislation. Three years ago, world-famous drum-and-bass DJ Raymond Bingham, also known as Grooverider, was handed a four-year sentence after being convicted of smuggling a marijuana cigarette into the country. Another British DJ was also convicted in 2008 of smoking hashish. The defendant admitted to court that he took the drug, but said it was before he arrived in the country.

The 24-year-old, identified as MT, was also arrested in March 2008 under similar circumstances. When no drugs were found, he was subjected to a blood test for drugs use. MT said he had smoked hashish given to him by a Lebanese friend three weeks before arriving in Dubai.

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doobydave · Post by **doobydave** » Tue 29th Jun 2010 10:39 am

Seriously, if you are a cool person, Dubai is not for you.
They should mention this on the ads.

USbongLord · Post by **USbongLord** » Tue 29th Jun 2010 11:54 am

98 percent of us here would just have to get off the airplane,go to jail and turn ourselves in...holy screw that desert hole...it will be consumed in a jihad sand storm...

bleak · Post by **bleak** » Tue 29th Jun 2010 12:45 pm

Ouch. Immediately I thought of Grooverider getting busted a few years back. On his way to a gig, but landing in jail for a few years

If I ever go to a Middle Eastern country, I think I'd have to purchase new bags and clothes for it. My main backpack permanently smells like weed, and theres always some green crumbs in the bottom of the pockets. Too risky! If they find one tiny fragment you're gone, even if its a dirty old half burned bit of ash.

hardboiled · Post by **hardboiled** » Tue 29th Jun 2010 05:40 pm

screw the !@$@#$%ers.

a 12th century shithole where blood can be drawn by poh-lice upon suspicion.

screw the fuckers. Let them revel in their 12th century shithole, and they can oppress their women at will.

Don't give them money, cash during layovers, or anything else. Screw 'em.