CompleteIdiot Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 It's enough to put anyone off going there. Meanwhile, a Swiss national is serving a four-year jail term after three poppy seeds from a bread roll he ate at Heathrow airport were found on his clothes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7234786.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felix Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 It's enough to put anyone off going there. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7234786.stm The lack of anything to do once you're there should be enough to put people off . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovecraft Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Bomb it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Tolbooth Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Bomb it. Heh heh, I love your subtlety! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 UAE sucks, too many corner shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CompleteIdiot Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 The lack of anything to do once you're there should be enough to put people off . I've never had a need to go there. Presumably it's duller than the flash buildings suggest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CompleteIdiot Posted February 9, 2008 Author Share Posted February 9, 2008 Bomb it. You'd make a fine ambassador to the UN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heres Rixxy Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Quite right, if he still had crumbs on him from when he left London he must be a right scruff Seriously though, 4 years for 3 seeds seems a tad harsh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therapist Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I've never had a need to go there. Presumably it's duller than the flash buildings suggest? Abu Dhabi is pretty quiet, but Dubai is a great place if you know where to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovecraft Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I'm gonna move there and try and setup an Atheist State. Do you think I have much chance? Just me, some drink, drugs and strippers. Would probably be a millionaire within weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I have been fortunate to have had great times in Dubai, Sharjah and Jebel Ali. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CompleteIdiot Posted February 19, 2008 Author Share Posted February 19, 2008 A Radio 1 DJ this time. DJ Grooverider had been jailed for four years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7252000/7252803.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 A Radio 1 DJ this time. DJ Grooverider had been jailed for four years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7252000/7252803.stm WTF!! Thats pretty big news. Used to be good.... now all he'll be is a prison biatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 What attracts people to visit or pass through these countries in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossi_1983 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 It's a bit messed up out there when it comes to the justice system, and 4 year jail terms are handed out for pretty much anything My dad used to work out there, and the stories you would hear were unreal. Such as, a British woman who was put in jail for 2 years, for hitting a UAE national with her car. The UAE national had dementia, and had been hit by 10 cars in the past year because he kept walking out onto the road, but that didn't matter The boys at customs never took to kindly to me having FHM in my bag either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovecraft Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I still say we bomb it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 What attracts people to visit or pass through these countries in the first place? $$$$$$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 British tourist Keith Brown was sentenced to four years in prison after Dubai customs officers found a 0.003g trace of cannabis stuck to his shoe. ****ing hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 British tourist Keith Brown was sentenced to four years in prison after Dubai customs officers found a 0.003g trace of cannabis stuck to his shoe. ****ing hell Not even a pipes worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8hibsh Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Bomb it. waste of good semtex! save it all for Glasgow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therapist Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 The boys at customs never took to kindly to me having FHM in my bag either Just as well it wasn't Riyadh or Jeddah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossi_1983 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Just as well it wasn't Riyadh or Jeddah. I reckon the boys just wanted a look without all the black marker editing! They sat and flicked through every page, while making me wait I did offer to let the guy keep it, but that seemed to **** him off even more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrahim Tall Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 A Radio 1 DJ this time. DJ Grooverider had been jailed for four years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7252000/7252803.stm Bingham claims the drugs were in the pocket of a pair of trousers and he had forgotten about them. Fud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali-1874 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Never been to Dubai but I'm sure its the death penalty for bringing drugs into Singapore. Other criminal offences are not flushing the toilet, selling chewing gum, littering and jaywalking. Very strict but the country has a very low number of violent crimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therapist Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Never been to Dubai but I'm sure its the death penalty for bringing drugs into Singapore. Other criminal offences are not flushing the toilet, selling chewing gum, littering and jaywalking. Very strict but the country has a very low number of violent crimes. It's the death penalty for "trafficable" quantities of drugs all over Asia; China, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, etc etc. Incidentally,I'm pretty sure the Singapore gum ban has now been lifted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therapist Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 I reckon the boys just wanted a look without all the black marker editing! Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali-1874 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 It's the death penalty for "trafficable" quantities of drugs all over Asia; China, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, etc etc. Incidentally,I'm pretty sure the Singapore gum ban has now been lifted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Singapore Know its not very reliable but wikipedia says 'the sale of chewing gum' is still a criminal offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therapist Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Singapore Know its not very reliable but wikipedia says 'the sale of chewing gum' is still a criminal offence. The sale might be but I'm sure you can now bring it in. It used to be banned completely. Incidentally, if the death penalty thing worries you, you should see the wording on the immigration cards for those countries; DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali-1874 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 The sale might be but I'm sure you can now bring it in. It used to be banned completely. Incidentally, if the death penalty thing worries you, you should see the wording on the immigration cards for those countries; DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS. Yeah I've been to Singapore and Malaysia before, on separate trips, stayed there for two days on the way to Australia. They give you plenty of warnings about it on the plane as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therapist Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 They give you plenty of warnings about it on the plane as well. Yeah, I usually head off to the toilet to snort all my ching when the cabin crew make those announcements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Factor Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Fud. Raymond's a good guy. No way does he deserve 4 years for something that would get you a caution here. If that's the sentence for that across there, i shudder to think what they do with rapists etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrahim Tall Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Raymond's a good guy. No way does he deserve 4 years for something that would get you a caution here. If that's the sentence for that across there, i shudder to think what they do with rapists etc.... He probably is, was more meaning that he somehow "forgot" he had weed in his pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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