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[UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana
#18546879 - 07/12/13 12:51 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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A student and a restaurant manager have each been sentenced to life in prison for possessing marijuana which they intended to sell.
The 23-year-old Australian student, F.B., and the 34-year-old British manager, M.A., were arrested in December last year on the charge of possessing marijuana for trafficking.
A Singaporean company manager, A.R., 28, has been sentenced to five years in prison in the same case and ordered to pay a fine of Dh20,000 for facilitating the use of drugs by F.B. The Court of First Instance ordered that all of them be deported after serving their time in prison.
According to prosecution records, 4.1 grams of marijuana were seized from F.B. which he possessed for selling and 0.5 gram which he possessed for his own personal use. The urine sample of all defendants contained traces of hashish as per the Crime Lab reports.
A police major in the Anti-Narcotics Department of the Dubai Police said they received reliable information that F.B. was about to sell a quantity of drugs for Dh2,000 to one of their informants in Al Rafaa area.
F.B. was arrested around 11.15pm on December 11 last year after he sold the drugs to the police informant in a parking lot near a hotel apartment building in Al Rafaa. He voluntarily admitted that he sold it for Dh2,000.
He told the police that he got the drugs from the other two defendants. The police raided their flat around 1.30am on December 12.
When the police asked A.R. from where he got the drugs, M.A. intervened and said he smuggled it when he entered the UAE. Two quantities of marijuana weighing one gram and 0.5 gram were seized from A.R. and M.A. The verdict can be appealed within 15 days.
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/inside.asp?xfile=/data/courtroundup/2013/July/courtroundup_July19.xml§ion=courtroundup
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: D.M.T]
#18546896 - 07/12/13 12:57 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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4.1g of weed. life in prison. what?
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: JPDancer] 1
#18546920 - 07/12/13 01:09 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Waaaaaay too drunk to read anything...
But judging by the title, this article will piss me off when i read it
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: D.M.T] 2
#18547110 - 07/12/13 02:56 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well I'm never going to Dubai then
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Repertoire89] 1
#18547495 - 07/12/13 05:45 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Absolutely disgusting.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Lord_McLovin]
#18547753 - 07/12/13 07:39 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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I've been to Dubai, It is very beautiful but I didn't know they had such strict laws. I was in Dubai for a bit on my way to Kenya Africa. Strange that one could be considered such a hardened criminal for just a small amount of marijuana. Sad.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: elementblazin]
#18547786 - 07/12/13 07:51 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Sounds like they were dealing hash or hash oil. Still a small amount for such a sentence.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Peteza34]
#18548022 - 07/12/13 09:24 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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They were in possession of Cannabis buds, not hash or hash oil.
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According to prosecution records, 4.1 grams of marijuana were seized from F.B. which he possessed for selling and 0.5 gram which he possessed for his own personal use.
They were most likely forced to admit selling the pot.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Lord_McLovin]
#18548186 - 07/12/13 10:29 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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I have changed planes in Dubai. Not a fun experience. Apparently the UAE cops can grab you out of the airport Terminal and demand you give a urine or blood sample which they will take by force if they want to. If any drugs, they deem illegal, are in your system your charged with "possession".
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: ooplik]
#18548451 - 07/12/13 11:43 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Whatttt? Thanks for letting me know, I'll be sure to never have any sort of interaction with that barbarian state.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: sky]
#18548579 - 07/12/13 12:17 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Soooooo..... Wait.... What?
I think someone needs to explain to the govt. of Dubai exactly what marijuana is, and what it does.
Cause then they'd let that dude go. And they'd be pissed at the UN for lying to them about "dangerous" drugs.
They set up a sting for a couple grams of weed? (Hash at best)
....I guess they had nothing else to do that day?
You'd think they would take the cash used to imprison these two men for life, as well as the cash from the cost of the sting, and maybe try to improve their shitty ass third world rathole.
But then the people with the money don't give a fuck about anyone but themselves and they are already filthy fucking rich so... Yeah shitty world. All the more reason to never visit ragheaded countries.
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Edited by Toe_Jam (07/12/13 12:22 PM)
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: sky]
#18548587 - 07/12/13 12:19 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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The laws are for religious reasons I believe.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Rexter]
#18548604 - 07/12/13 12:24 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
Rexter said: The laws are for religious reasons I believe.
Muslims traditionally take a very lenient view on Marijuana/Hash.....
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Toe_Jam]
#18548612 - 07/12/13 12:26 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Different versions of Muslims everywhere over there.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Rexter]
#18548752 - 07/12/13 01:02 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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well, this is a bit extreme, no?
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Absent Minded]
#18548766 - 07/12/13 01:04 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Bombing oneself is extreme as well.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: ooplik]
#18548837 - 07/12/13 01:24 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
ooplik said: I have changed planes in Dubai. Not a fun experience. Apparently the UAE cops can grab you out of the airport Terminal and demand you give a urine or blood sample which they will take by force if they want to. If any drugs, they deem illegal, are in your system your charged with "possession".
this cant be true
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: sky]
#18548840 - 07/12/13 01:24 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
blavampire said: Whatttt? Thanks for letting me know, I'll be sure to never have any sort of interaction with that barbarian state.
Even if I didn't have drugs in my system I'd avoid a place like that on principle and for weariness of whatever other bullshit 'laws' they have
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: P-O]
#18549038 - 07/12/13 02:09 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
PostiveOutlook said:
Quote:
ooplik said: I have changed planes in Dubai. Not a fun experience. Apparently the UAE cops can grab you out of the airport Terminal and demand you give a urine or blood sample which they will take by force if they want to. If any drugs, they deem illegal, are in your system your charged with "possession".
this cant be true
I agree, it can't be true. If anything it would happen once and someone would flip the fuck out and it would be an international incident
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: theonlysun81]
#18549292 - 07/12/13 03:14 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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It happenes.
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The drug, banned in the United Arab Emirates, was found in her urine when she was held over a passport error.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/4538523.stm
I read about this in England when I bought some codiene OTC.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: D.M.T]
#18549344 - 07/12/13 03:24 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Geeze, that's harsh, but you gotta remember to to not get yer freak on if you're in a foreign country.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Le_Canard]
#18549917 - 07/12/13 05:50 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Dh2,000 equals about $544 in US currency, so I'm guessing they stuck em with life for ripping them the hell off, or there might be some faulty reporting somewhere. Keep in mind their location by Saudi Arabia. Certainly not a tolerant Muslim region, even alcohol is banned.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: D.M.T]
#18550054 - 07/12/13 06:18 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7234786.stm
Check out this shit! Those fuckin' muslims are wack!
Dude arrested in the airport for poppy seeds on his shirt from a bagel he ate for breakfast. I'd bet those prices in op's post are correct....that shit is just so dangerous to have.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: JCSuperstar]
#18550078 - 07/12/13 06:22 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Now I understand how all the money came to Saudi Arabia.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: theonlysun81]
#18550089 - 07/12/13 06:25 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
theonlysun81 said:
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PostiveOutlook said:
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ooplik said: I have changed planes in Dubai. Not a fun experience. Apparently the UAE cops can grab you out of the airport Terminal and demand you give a urine or blood sample which they will take by force if they want to. If any drugs, they deem illegal, are in your system your charged with "possession".
this cant be true
I agree, it can't be true. If anything it would happen once and someone would flip the fuck out and it would be an international incident
I think you are both very naive. Try bringing a pornographic magazine or pint of vodka to Saudi Arabia and see what happens.
I don't mean to single you guys out or call you dumb at all. I just happen to know people who lived in these regions prior to coming to the US, and you would not believe how brutal they are in punishing certain behaviors. I have a friend from Iran who told me about watching his 12 year old friend get both of his cheeks ripped open from where the lips meet up to the ear for saying a bad thing about the Ayatollah Khomeini. Sharia law and traditional values are on a totally different level than most of us can even begin to comprehend.
I agree that some regions are definitely tolerant to hashish and poppy production, but in generalthe arab world views such as offenses against allah. If you offend allah and live in the mid-east, better be prepared for the devout to do everything in their power to murder or torture you in the name of god. Since most of the gov't over there is devoutly, insanely, unquestioningly muslim, well... you get the idea I hope.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: dokunai]
#18550373 - 07/12/13 07:35 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Nuke Middle East.
Got it.
This was a joke. It may be in poor taste, but I do not actually advocate any sort of nuclear weapons. Conventional means of genocide are just fine.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Toe_Jam] 1
#18550637 - 07/12/13 08:44 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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hopefully these guy end up on Locked Up Abroad...
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: cops]
#18551157 - 07/12/13 11:27 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Dubai is such a fucked up place altogether. Sending out ads to poor foreigners promising good pay, then taking away their passports when they arrive so they can't leave and paying them significantly less than they promised with shit working conditions. Pretty much modern day slavery. Not surprised that you'd get life in prison for weed over there. Fuck Dubai
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Eminence]
#18552423 - 07/13/13 10:48 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Un-freakin-believable
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: ImmortalZodd]
#18552672 - 07/13/13 11:51 AM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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The UAE is always finding creative ways to control the 90% expat population. If your were a citizen, or of the royal family, obviously these laws would matter little.
Dubai should have been called the city of artificial. The people are mostly materialistic, vapid and devoid of original thought, while the islands are man-made and the grass is synthetic.
This really sucks for them, but they shouldn't take local laws lightly when going abroad.
Edited by human experience (07/13/13 11:57 AM)
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: P-O]
#18552871 - 07/13/13 12:46 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
PostiveOutlook said:
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ooplik said: I have changed planes in Dubai. Not a fun experience. Apparently the UAE cops can grab you out of the airport Terminal and demand you give a urine or blood sample which they will take by force if they want to. If any drugs, they deem illegal, are in your system your charged with "possession".
this cant be true
It is very true. They don't fuck around over there.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18842015
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The head of Fair Trials International warrants that customs authorities in Dubai will even test a traveler's blood or urine and put them in prison if they find a tiny trace amount of anything they consider a dangerous substance.
Edited by Can-i-bus (07/13/13 12:48 PM)
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: Can-i-bus]
#18553312 - 07/13/13 02:52 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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UN pressure and Saudi-style Islamic law (Resembling Wahabbi sharia) make cannabis and other drugs very punishable in UAE. Even poppy seeds can land you life in prison. Traditionally, cannabis was used more than alcohol in the Middle East, especially towards Afghanistan/Pakistan/Iran.
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: aperson444]
#18553661 - 07/13/13 04:34 PM (10 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, I heard there's also pretty hefty fines for spitting on the ground over there too. Very strange place...
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Re: [UAE] Two get life term for possessing marijuana [Re: D.M.T]
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