UK woman jailed in UAE for prescription medicine found in her urine

[Pert_UK]

You might want to think twice about popping a pain-killer before getting on a flight to the United Arab Emirates....

"A British woman is being held in a prison in the United Arab Emirates after prescription drugs were allegedly found in her urine.

Tracy Wilkinson, 44, from Balcombe, West Sussex, has been in jail since 5 March when she was arrested at Dubai airport over an error on her passport.

Codeine and temazepam were then found when she provided a urine specimen...The Foreign Office said it was aware of the case and appropriate consular support was being provided to her. Ms Wilkinson, who is a sports osteopath, also has access to a lawyer...

Codeine is banned by the Arab nation, and the presence of such drugs in the body is counted as possession and carries a minimum sentence of four years imprisonment."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4481621.stm


:wtf:

[candy]

1. Now THAT"S scary!

[CottonBear]

2. Holy crap! What do they use for surgical pain there?

Damn. That is one fucked up country.

[sexybomber]

3. I think they stone you to death.

Resisting pain is against the will of Allah.
</sarcasm>