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[samui04]

skiman1, on 2009-05-10 07:19:58, said:

johnh101, on 2008-02-29 08:39:33, said:

Easiest solution. Do not transit through Dubai or Abu Dhabi.

Yes do not give the Arab scum any money fly with a non Arab airline.

Yes, the solution is very easy...

But I still don't get why they harass people in transit?
I mean, if you want to enter the country, you must follow local law, but if you do not like to visit a desert with camels friendly than people why annoy the transit travellers...

[Razzler1973]

Farma, on 2009-05-01 05:45:31, said:

Aussie jailed for flipping the bird at driver in Dubai

By Michelle Cazzulino

May 01, 2009 07:57am

IT was a gesture many Australians have been guilty of making at the end of a long, frustrating day.

But "flipping the bird" to another driver landed Australian nurse Darren O'Mullane 24 days in jail and a life ban from the United Arab Emirates.

Mr O'Mullane was deported from Dubai last Thursday after being convicted of making a rude gesture to another motorist, who happened to be a UAE official, last October.

Cont http://www.news.com....733-953,00.html

Sadly typical of the way things are out here in Dubai. What's even more pathetic than the snide Locals complaining about things like this on one hand and going whoring on the other is the ridiculous expats we have here that won't even allow a bad word to be said about this place, they jump to it's defence whenever anyone says anything negative.

Also had a couple jailed for a couple of months for adultery just a month or so back. What's worse, British couple, the husband made a complaint to the police about the adultery and the police nicked the wife and jailed her and the 'boyfriend'. What a loser!

[Apecks]

roamer, on 2008-03-17 18:05:18, said:

Note this guy was originally detained for having melantonin pills which many people use for combating Jet lag and I have seen on sale at the pharmacy in Singapore Airport....not a place known for its drug tolerance!!

I once bought a tub of melantonin pills from a sports supplements shop in Abu Dhabi itself

[maria111]

Tracy Wilkinson, 45 of West Sussex
Arrested at Dubai airport in 2005 for possession of codeine, a common pain relief medication, which she had been using to ease chronic back pain. She was held in custody for 8 weeks before officials accepted proof from her doctor of its use for prescribed medical purposes only.

[Jhonsm]

Does it's worked for you

[falang4you]

boycot DUBAI airport see how they treat us  
do not take any flight to DUBAI they are enought other ways to go to Thailand

[jmax]

peter991, on 2008-03-16 09:21:06, said:

On the Sky News channel last night - this was one of the lead stories. It sems the main reason that Dubai is taking such a strong stance is two-fold. Firstly to appease world powers that they are doing something serious to help stamp out the drug trade. Secondly, Dubai borders Afghanistan, which is one of the main suppliers of opiate drugs to the rest of the world.

Peter

i understand 'the war on drugs' . we are talkin weed here. just all other countries 'chippin away at the iceburg above the surface'. but whats 'below' is ALOT bigger cocaine, heroine, etc.

[AlanRaya]

What many travellers may not realise is that they can be deemed to be in possession of such banned substances if they can be detected in their urine or bloodstream, or even in tiny, trace amounts on their person.

[tryptamine]

yes, drug laws in U.A.E. are crazy
but at least these are LAWS.. and, I guess, if actually you did nothing serious, they'll most like release you (even while being jailed and maybe sentenced then pardoned is not funny at all) after showing how serious they are, as someone noted above

back in Russia, where I had not so big luck to have been born and to live almost 28 out of my 30 years
by the law, since 2005 technically it's just a misdemeanor to have less than 2 grams of hash, for example (the fine is around us$ 35 or us$70, if i rememeber right)
but... last year a friend of mine was caught with some 1,5 grams

do you know what the police said.. they said "ok, if it's not enough we'll ADD some, and then you'll face a prison sentence" (suspended most likely, as she has no criminal record, but still not a good idea to have one, and also to be sure to have suspended one most likely she would have to pay some money to judges, etc... corruption there is rampant, yes)

she ended up paying to the police around us$2k bribe (after bargaining down from $4k)... very "fair", right?

and on the customs... do not remember if any amount qualifies for "illegal drugs smuggling" or no
but I had my baggage checked TWICE on the customs (once in SVO, once in DME last November) when I was flying in from India (out of just 4 India to Moscow flights I had)

and I didn't look like a hippie at all, also sure no one would "tip off" about me also, because I even never tried and not going to carry anything illegal across the border (Russian one especially)

by the way, does someone know - are there many precedents of transit passengers in U.A.E. busted because of the controlled medicines in their CHECK-IN baggage?
as I guess, normally they should just reload the baggage from one plane to another, why bother checking if the baggage has no chance to enter U.A.E. territory?

thinking as such, last November I have bought in Bangalore some Melatonin and Fluoxetine, then I've flown Etihad flight TRV-AUH-DME to work there for 3 weeks, then another flight DME-AUH-BKK

was it still a real risk in AUH (and would be it more risky if via DXB)? I carried these medicines from Moscow because couldn't buy those in Thailand, and from India simply as they're many times cheaper than patented versions of the same medicines in Moscow... paid Rs.770 ($15.5) for 12 packs of each, instead of $100-150 if in Moscow
and the customs officer who stopped me in DME was quite interested why I have so many pills... but after I explained why and that they're available in Moscow over-the-counter, he had lost any interest

Edited by tryptamine, 2010-06-12 13:24:25.

[elliss]

Avoid the UAE
[/quote]
                                             sole  survivor .

                          at UAE ,  throw   your old  shoes  into  the  bin .
                                 and  have  new   sandals ,  in  your hand  luggage .

                            ridiculous.     but  better  than  4  years  in  jail ..

[csot99]

Wow...that's a lot of drugs!!

[martin81]

Is it only in Dubai in UAE or also other arab countries?

I just transited thru Qatar Doha and nobody checked anything except the usual security check getting into transit terminal.

[Thaddeus]

Some not so subliminal links in there methinks.

[Antathome]

peter991, on 2008-03-16 08:21:06, said:

On the Sky News channel last night - this was one of the lead stories. It sems the main reason that Dubai is taking such a strong stance is two-fold. Firstly to appease world powers that they are doing something serious to help stamp out the drug trade. Secondly, Dubai borders Afghanistan, which is one of the main suppliers of opiate drugs to the rest of the world.

Peter

Aplogies Peter, Iran is in between Afghanistan and Dubai and the Persian Gulf between Iran and Dubai.

[Razzler1973]

AlanRaya, on 2010-06-04 13:38:57, said:

What many travellers may not realise is that they can be deemed to be in possession of such banned substances if they can be detected in their urine or bloodstream, or even in tiny, trace amounts on their person.

That is true but of course people aren't just randomly checked for such substances. You'd have to be doing something odd to get pulled up or, as I said earlier, someone grasses you up cause they don't like you/business disagreement, etc - that's generally the way it works.

I have been here 11 years and never really had any problems at all but yes being drunk could lead to problems if you start fighting or arguing for instance and they call the police, general rule is if you're been drinking then everything is your fault

[Razzler1973]

martin81, on 2010-06-18 17:17:18, said:

Is it only in Dubai in UAE or also other arab countries?

I just transited thru Qatar Doha and nobody checked anything except the usual security check getting into transit terminal.

It's the whole Middle East/Gulf Region.

I do wonder how these people get checked as I or no one I know have never been checked here but it does happen so just be careful. A friend of mine brought some poker chips and they were confiscated before but I have no idea how they catch people with mediciation, pretty rough to be caught for stuff like that as most of the time they don't seem bothered when you're going into the country

[needforspeed]

I am myself a skywards gold member, flying frequently with emirates airline.

Always good and friendly service, if travelling with children absolutely great, special bag with gifts, special toys to play in the airplane, very well made children’s menu.



Besides that business lounge is to crowded i never had any bad experience.



Still I have to say that any jail time for 1 poppy seed is absolutely crazy,

and doesn’t help them as global airline and main transit airport.

[rethumper]

Robski, on 2008-02-29 01:37:11, said:

Shocking! I usually fly via Dubai with Etihad and have usually got a couple of xanax on me to help on the second leg.
I never knew that could get me four years. I'd probably get less for importing Cocaine into the UK.
Looks like I'll be leaving the meds and staying awake then.
As for the guy that got four years for poppy seeds, thats just crazy.>note:the supplement "melatonin"also not allowed
,,

[maprao]

pampal, on 2008-03-12 18:02:29, said:

Avoid the UAE

+1 I have very strong opinions of the place but will not post them on this forum. For your own peace of mind the country is to be avoided for their draconian approach!

[georgecombey]

UAE is still ok as compared with the regulations in Saudi Arabia.

[maprao]

Razzler1973, on 2009-06-08 19:10:08, said:

Farma, on 2009-05-01 05:45:31, said:

Aussie jailed for flipping the bird at driver in Dubai

By Michelle Cazzulino

May 01, 2009 07:57am

IT was a gesture many Australians have been guilty of making at the end of a long, frustrating day.

But "flipping the bird" to another driver landed Australian nurse Darren O'Mullane 24 days in jail and a life ban from the United Arab Emirates.

Mr O'Mullane was deported from Dubai last Thursday after being convicted of making a rude gesture to another motorist, who happened to be a UAE official, last October.

Cont http://www.news.com....733-953,00.html

Sadly typical of the way things are out here in Dubai. What's even more pathetic than the snide Locals complaining about things like this on one hand and going whoring on the other is the ridiculous expats we have here that won't even allow a bad word to be said about this place, they jump to it's defence whenever anyone says anything negative.

Also had a couple jailed for a couple of months for adultery just a month or so back. What's worse, British couple, the husband made a complaint to the police about the adultery and the police nicked the wife and jailed her and the 'boyfriend'. What a loser!

Interesting article especially the bit about "We'd had a local Emirate man suffering alcohol withdrawal who was aggressive and violent and a schizophrenic woman who was in quite a bad state when she arrived," he said."

You should see them all waiting outside the booze shops in their cars with darkened windows buying their booze everyday. Go drinking mincing with fa***ts.

You are right about the expats who defend them they are worse.

The entire place should be left to other arabs with western nationalities or the sub continents!

Or do end up dead like this poor Brit

A British tourist allegedly beaten to death by prison guards in a Dubai jail was invited to the Arab state by a mystery woman, it was claimed last night.

http://www.dailymail...tery-woman.html

Edited by maprao, 2011-04-17 01:34:40.

[dellayao]

well, i can see a whole Tailand.

[theoldgit]

dellayao, on 2011-05-18 12:56:02, said:

well, i can see a whole Tailand.  

Could you translate please?

[Razzler1973]

The police using force, etc is not new allegations. The body of the dead tourist (who does sound like an arse but being an arse shouldn't result in death) has been returned to the UK but things have been quiet on the cause of death. Stories seem to be they are as a result of swallowing or choking on blood, which seems to get them 'off the hook' but it seems like the choking on blood was related to being beaten.

A Pakistan guy also been killed in prison here with a handful of police answering questions. Due to relatively low importance of Pakistanis compared to the UK I doubt it will be widely reported.

Basically if you have been drinking and anything happens it's your faulty by default. The police also feel they can dish out some punches especially if you've been drinking or are being loud when pulled over. Some friends of friends were put inside over night for being a bit drunk, bit of backchat and they were giving some punches by a few officers, released in the morning.

I know of guys put inside, no lawyer, kept for 5 or 6 weeks and then deported. Wounds from beating stitched up in jail ... totally backwards but it does happen, the no access to lawyer thing seems to happen all the time but if you're loud or (heaven forbird) don't want to go to jail they seem to take delight in dishing out a few digs "we had to restrain him" it's like 70s era cops duffing up witnesses.

Sadly, this is still the most liberal part of the Middle East!

[Chivas]

Its an interesting report and I for one have been aware of these "regulations" for some time but there seems to be a total lack of legal defence in the cases quoted......

Jesus any half decent barrister would destroy any prosecutor claiming an individual is in possession for having a poppy seed in a shirt or a sugar grain sized lump of cannabis on his shoe ??

Its ludicrous at best.....