Visitor gets four-year term for drug possession

Dubai: A Greek police official will spend four years in jail for possessing 0.17 gram of marijuana and two promazepam capsules for personal use, ruled a court yesterday. [more]

no alcohol plz plz

A British man yesterday pleaded guilty to molesting a Dubai Airport employee by slapping him on the buttocks - three times. The trial, which started yesterday, heard that the 30-year-old British visitor, AJ, who is charged with molestation and consuming alcohol, groped his victim as he was going through airport security after arriving in Dubai on December 18. Read article

Dubai says no to drugs

Mariam Shafeek, 21, was arrested at Dubai Airport last Thursday after being found with 0.2g of marijuana in her purse. The penalty for marijuana possession in the United Arab Emirates is four years jail, regardless of the amount....Detective Sergeant Greg Murton, of the Christchurch police drug squad, said even 0.5g of marijuana was a "tiny amount". He said it would be about the size of a 5c piece and would be enough for only "half a marijuana cigarette".-- more here