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Brit jailed four years in Dubai for cannabis weighing less than a grain of sugar (profiling?)
This is London.co.uk ^ | 2/8/08

Posted on 02/08/2008 6:29:59 PM PST by llevrok

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To: John Valentine

You should mellow out dude.


21 posted on 02/08/2008 7:05:39 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: llevrok

Seems that they are trying to catch up with the civilized world. Several years ago a man here was sentenced to life for having a razor blade in his pocket with a trace of drugs too small to measure. Just keep saying “we are winning the war on drugs” and don’t forget to send tax money for the fight.


22 posted on 02/08/2008 7:06:35 PM PST by FreePaul
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To: llevrok

Outside of sending everybodies shoes who walks through an airport to a forensics lab, how do you even find that minuscule of an amount?


23 posted on 02/08/2008 7:06:47 PM PST by diverteach (http://foolishpleasurestudio.com/eyewool/slap_hillary.html)
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To: John Valentine

Just messin’ with ya.


24 posted on 02/08/2008 7:07:12 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: SpaceBar

I agree, my folks live in Alb, NM. How is it there?


25 posted on 02/08/2008 7:08:31 PM PST by edcoil (Go Great in 08 ... Slide into 09)
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To: SpaceBar

This thread just gave me the urge to twist one up.

Flame that!


26 posted on 02/08/2008 7:08:31 PM PST by diverteach (http://foolishpleasurestudio.com/eyewool/slap_hillary.html)
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To: billorites

“A search by customs officials uncovered a speck of cannabis weighing just 0.003g...”

I’m guessing a 100.00 role of dollar bills has more coke on it.


27 posted on 02/08/2008 7:10:08 PM PST by edcoil (Go Great in 08 ... Slide into 09)
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To: microgood
“I hear cocaine has contaminated most dollar bills.”

My exact thought when I read the amounts. If these guys weren't sitting in jail, this would be funny. I can tell you one part of the world I will never, EVER visit....C

28 posted on 02/08/2008 7:30:33 PM PST by colinhester
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To: SpaceBar

Nah....todays pot should not be legal.


29 posted on 02/08/2008 7:59:51 PM PST by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: llevrok

Briton? He will be released.

About a year or two ago, an Indian designer was caught with a pouch full of marijuana, and other narcotics, in Dubai. He was released; the UAE doesn’t mess with investor countries. The same happened with an American, earlier.

http://www.thecrusade.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=22405


30 posted on 02/08/2008 8:14:43 PM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: colinhester

My wife doesn’t even want to fly over Muslim countries, because if the plane suffers mechanical troubles and has to land, she simply doesn’t want to be there.


31 posted on 02/08/2008 8:15:10 PM PST by coloradan (Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
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To: edcoil; billorites; llevrok
I’m guessing a 100.00 role of dollar bills has more coke on it.

Or one $100 bill.

32 posted on 02/08/2008 8:30:38 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: Citizen Tom Paine

Not sure that’s enough when you’re trying to plea down from a worse crime, but go to it. You never know eh?!


33 posted on 02/08/2008 8:31:53 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: llevrok; microgood; liberallarry; cmsgop; shaggy eel; RayChuang88; Larry Lucido; namsman; jpsb; ...
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.

Even if you have a valid prescription for it?

If you want on or off this aerospace ping list, please contact Paleo Conservative or phantomworker by Freep mail.


34 posted on 02/08/2008 9:07:30 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: Graybeard58

No, beheading is reserved for talking to a woman at Starbucks.


35 posted on 02/08/2008 9:10:13 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: Citizen Tom Paine

nonsense


36 posted on 02/08/2008 9:13:46 PM PST by MistrX
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To: G8 Diplomat
Currently learning Farsi so someday you won't have to

Is it true Farsi and German have many common root words?

37 posted on 02/08/2008 9:15:52 PM PST by GOPJ (Take your ball - go home - sit this one out? Fifty years of liberal Supreme Court decisions? NO WAY.)
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To: llevrok

The FR drug warriors applaud this.


38 posted on 02/08/2008 9:17:13 PM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: CarrotAndStick
Briton? He will be released.

I doubt they would do this to Tiger Woods either.
39 posted on 02/08/2008 9:21:03 PM PST by microgood
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To: llevrok
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.

Is the plan for him to actually serve four years, or to attract some sort of payoff to ensure an early release?

40 posted on 02/08/2008 9:38:04 PM PST by supercat (Sony delenda est.)
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