Dubai frees Briton caught with speck of cannabis

DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai has freed a Briton jailed after a speck of cannabis was found on his shoe, a newspaper reported on its Web site on Tuesday.
Authorities released father-of-three Andrew Brown, 43, from Birmingham, who had been serving a four-year jail sentence after police at Dubai airport found 0.003 grams (0.0001 ounce) of cannabis stuck to the sole of a shoe in his luggage last September, the daily 7 Days said.
Brown said he had been returning from a holiday in Ethiopia to mark the Rastafarian millennium, it said.
Dubai has a zero tolerance drug policy.
Last week, a Dubai court sentenced British DJ Raymond Bingham, better known as Grooverider, to four years in jail after the BBC Radio 1 programme host was caught with 2.16 grams of marijuana at the emirate's airport in November.
Dubai is part of the United Arab Emirates. Under UAE law, drug trafficking carries a sentence ranging from four years in jail to death, although executions are rare. Foreigners convicted of bringing drugs into the Gulf trade and tourism hub normally face jail terms followed by deportation.

(Writing by Firouz Sedarat; Editing by Janet Lawrence)
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wow 4 years for having that little its obvious he stepped in it

A old saying i like to stick by " when in rome do what the romans do "

But theres really no need 2 lock a man up for 4 years over a piece of cannabis

no no, omg freethinkers are dangerous , i wonder how their medical system is...

btw dancing is forbiden

I think singing is promited now i seen this week

Honestly whats the problem with people having fun nothing evil about singing or dancing or women shown there face. if ya dont like men lookin at your girlfriend poke his eyes out !!!!!
Dont make your women cover herself up head 2 toe man she,ll stink and grow facial hair haha

... Hard 2 imagin what that dudes goin through over a big 4 a pipe, But still there country there rules no matter how accient they r

at least someone over there has half a brain. they did nothing but corn-hole that guy