Briton jailed for 4 years in Dubai after customs find cannabis weighing less than a grain of sugar

[Webster Green]

A father-of-three who was found with a microscopic speck of cannabis stuck to the bottom of one of his shoes has been sentenced to four years in a Dubai prison.

Keith Brown, a council youth development officer, was travelling through the United Arab Emirates on his way back to England when he was stopped as he walked through Dubai's main airport. A search by customs officials uncovered a speck of cannabis weighing just 0.003g - so small it would be invisible to the naked eye and weighing less than a grain of sugar - on the tread of one of his shoes.

Dubai International Airport is a major hub for the Middle East and thousands of Britons pass through it every year to holiday in the glamorous beach and shopping haven. But many of those tourists and business travellers are likely to be unaware of the strict zero-tolerance drugs policy in the UAE.

One man has even been jailed for possession of three poppy seeds left over from a bread roll he ate at Heathrow Airport. Painkiller codeine is also banned. Meanwhile a Big Brother TV executive has so far been held without charge for five days after being arrested for possessing the health supplement melatonin.

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[Art_from_Ark]

1. That is just so screwed up

So are they going to start arresting people for carrying $100 bills that have minute traces of cocaine on them?

[DCKit]

2. Good luck attracting the rich and famous to your resorts Dubai...

they like to party without constant threats of beheading and extortion.

Not only are the laws draconian, but this sounds like a(nother) case where the mark either didn't have the cash or refused to pay. Dubai as a hub for international flights must be a hell of a cash-cow for their corrupt officials.