Drum and Bass Dj Grooverider sentenced to 4 years in Dubai

[Dwbreeze1982]

don't worry about mate, we've all been beaten with that stick one time or another, well I have anyway .

LOL thats what happens when u just wake up

 

[MikeHunt79]

Some US R&B star managed to get off the 4 years as he knew Linoel Richie! GR may not be so lucky...

I bet Fabio feels guilty for slipping it into his travel bag now.

 

[FrostedNipple]

this is insane for 2grams only... ****** up country

2 grams is quite a lot of weed! It is after all only a leaf

 

[SexyGreyFox]

NO IT DINT LOL, HE WAS ARRESTED IN NOVEMBER BUT SENTENCED THIS WEEK LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That scared me.
Please don't type like a 15 year old again.

 

[Hen_Dawg]

That scared me.
Please don't type like a 15 year old again.

Give him a break, more like 16
But quite scary

 

[willhub]

Give him a break, more like 16
But quite scary

I thought his profile actually did say 16, its changed to 27 now

 

[bigmouse64]

The bloke did break the law, regardless of how stupidly harsh it was!

 

[willd58]

Some US R&B star managed to get off the 4 years as he knew Linoel Richie! GR may not be so lucky...

Yea, I remember hearing that when he was first arrested

 

[Gilly]

That scared me.
Please don't type like a 15 year old again.

I thought his profile actually did say 16, its changed to 27 now

Mine?

No, it didn't change. You were reading the wrong profile or reading mine wrong

 

[dirtydog]

lol This place makes me laugh, we moan when foreign people want to change our laws to suit them, we moan that we aren't tough enough on crime in the UK but then we complain when a foreign country's laws are harsher than ours. Oh, but only when it affects someone British.

No not all of us do. Other countries have every right to set whatever laws they want. Tough sentences do work which is why countries that have them have less crime than we do This 'DJ' can have no complaint. He was foolish enough to risk it and is now paying the price.

 

[eyetrip]

This makes me think I need to buy a new wallet when I go to South Africa through Dubai, plus will need to give some stuff a good clean....

 

[robjf]

This makes me think I need to buy a new wallet when I go to South Africa through Dubai, plus will need to give some stuff a good clean....

I would be careful if i was you, speeding appears to be the only acceptable illegal thing on these forums. :/

As for Grooverider being sentenced, he has nobody but himself to blame and i'm sure most people would be a lot more cautious when going to the middle east with regards what to pack . Surely this will have quite abad impact on Dubai's music industry as in the future the country may be avoided by foreign artists?

Rob

 

[scorza]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1306973,00.html

Good news, the dude who got 4 years for having traces of weed on his shoes has been pardoned.

 

[Overlag]

http://archive.gulfnews.com/nation/Police_and_The_Courts/10190903.html



this is insane for 2grams only... ****** up country

how high is there crime rate compared to ours?

surely we are the ****** up country for being too soft on criminals?

 

[Hen_Dawg]

how high is there crime rate compared to ours?

surely we are the ****** up country for being too soft on criminals?

Well seeing as they refuse to release crime statistics in Dubai we'll never know.
Well never know how many other inhumane practices go on behind closed doors in the UAE. We'll never know how acceptable and common it is for a husband to mistreat, abuse and control his wife over there but we can guess it's worse than here. It is known that there is a alarming number of road deaths which ruin thousands of lives.

Because, in England, we would let go a man for possessing enough cannabis to sit back and smile for about 3 hours it doesn't mean we have a ****** up country.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1306973,00.html

Good news, the dude who got 4 years for having traces of weed on his shoes has been pardoned.

Common sense prevails

 

[Hen_Dawg]

Common sense prevails

Indeed it has, but sadly not in some other cases out there

A Swiss national currently serving 4 years after 3 poppy seeds were found on his clothes by customs officials at Dubai airport. He had bought and eaten a bread roll at Heathrow before flying to UAE.

4 years for 3 Poppy seeds!


Source

 

[scorza]

Indeed it has, but sadly not in some other cases out there



4 years for 3 Poppy seeds!


Source

Dare I say it, but it seems a big "well done" is due to our government as they undoubtedly put pressure on the Sheik to pardon our guy.

 

[Energize]

They have hard drug laws (along with hard laws on other things). They have almost no drug problem within the country at all.

Problem?

Or rather it's gone underground, or more likely they do have a drug problem and the statistics are false...

 

[whitecrook]

Check out his pics on "myspace" im certain they arent normal rollups he`s smoking:

http://www.myspace.com/djgrooverider1

Holy crap. I think I just travelled back to 1995 by clicking that link. I can't believe I made it to now with out ever witnessing myspace. Are they all as bad as that ? (myspace pages)