Saturday 22 December 2007

36-year-old former UN worker Bert Tatham of Vancouver.

WARNING DUBIA "criminal penalties for possession, use, and trafficking of illegal drugs, as well as poppy seeds, are strict and include the death penalty." The advisory also warns that the presence of drugs in the body is also counted as possession can also carry a minimum prison term of four years. Bert Tatham of Vancouver.36-year-old former UN worker has blamed his own negligence for his April arrest at Dubai International Airport, where he was found with two poppy bulbs and a small quantity of hashish.
Despite his efforts to explain the poppy bulbs were old and would only be used for educational purposes and that the hashish - 0.06 grams - was residue from handling it daily in Afghanistan as an anti-narcotics officer, he was sentenced to four years in prison.

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