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Grooverider-4 years prison for a spliff!!! 7272 Responses

Last post: 2 months, 2 weeks ago | Thread started: Feb 19, 08, 3:05 p.m.

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  • rtr

    Gotta respect the United Arab Emirates for being strict on drug laws but Grooverider has to sit in prison for 4 years. Another dude had .003g stuck to the bottom of his shoe and he faces 4 years.
    I don't think I will ever go to UAE now.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/enter…

    Feb 19, 08, 3:05 p.m. – Permalink
  • ninjasavant

    His James Bond mix was dope.

    • not too james bond himself tho, no?– khan
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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:09 p.m. – Permalink
  • Spookytim

    Oh Man, poor Grooverider. That is very harsh. He doesn't deserve that. I bet the government don't try and help him get home like they would if he was a teacher or an aid worker. They'll all look at it and think "Hmmm, at last, an excellent fable to drive the anti-drugs message home to the target audience" and they'll leave him sat over there for the duration of their "look what happened to grooverider" campaign.

    • Thats probably what will happen and that sucks donkey balls... Just think of what he's done for the scene...– YAYPaul
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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:11 p.m. – Permalink
  • flashbender

    Never ever go there:
    0.003 grams - can you even see that?
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages…

    And "smuggling" poppy seeds:
    http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/…

    That place is fucked.

    • Fuck UAE and their sick architecture. I'm gonna skin one up right now for the Groovester– rtr1/2
      that is fucking crazy.– Raniator2/2
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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:13 p.m. – Permalink
  • rtr

    I heard you can't be visibly intoxicated over there on the street.
    I bet they have a low crime rate though.

    He's gonna be a sick beatboxer when he gets out.

    • bet its boring as fuck!– kelpie
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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:13 p.m. – Permalink
  • AndyRoss

    A black guy could get that much time in Texas for mota.

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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:26 p.m. – Permalink
  • sikma

    how did they manage to find .003 grams?

    • i wonder about that too. i probably have that under my shoe as well, considering my type of neighbourhood..– vrmbr1/2
      In the article is states they have some new ultra sensitive detection technology.– weave2/2
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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:28 p.m. – Permalink
  • czawada

    It sucks, but when you're in another country you gotta play by their rules.

    Dude couldn't hold out a few days to blaze one up?

    • seeing the amount it is most likely by accident. he is continuously touring and yes, you may forget abut these things– vrmbr1/4
      things..– vrmbr2/4
      Come on .003g on your the base of your shoe, you can't even see that with the naked eye.– weave3/4
      exactly. 4 years, man. it's minimum prison time.– vrmbr4/4
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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:28 p.m. – Permalink
  • daveFelton

    .003g? I've probably got more than that stuck in my teeth on any given day of the week.

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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:29 p.m. – Permalink
  • utopian

    This coming from the same country that wanted to execute female teacher, go figure..

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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:30 p.m. – Permalink
  • flashbender

    Nice to see the middle east is just as racist as everywhere else. I guess suspicious = black.

    for sikma - fancy machines:

    "Customs authorities are using highly sensitive new equipment to conduct extremely thorough searches on travellers and if they find any amount - no matter how minute - it will be enough to attract a mandatory four-year prison sentence."

    Mrs Wolthuizen added: "We even have reports of the imprisonment of a Swiss man for 'possession' of three poppy seeds on his clothing after he ate a bread roll at Heathrow.

    Cat Le-Huy

    Held: A campaign is underway to secure the release of Cat Le-Huy from a Dubai jail

    "What many travellers may not realise is that they can be deemed to be in possession of such banned substances if they can be detected in their urine or bloodstream, or even in tiny, trace amounts on their person."

    • yikes - no dubai for me– sikma1/2
      how is that racist again???– Meeklo2/2
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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:31 p.m. – Permalink
  • horton

    shoulda got that same sentence for that PVC sleeveless number he wore on the cover of Mysteries of Funk.

    • that's not leather it's hempoline. he already smoked the sleeves.– rtr
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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:36 p.m. – Permalink
  • horton

    http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/9/7/5/6/516579_356x237.jpg

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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:38 p.m. – Permalink
  • mikotondria2

    woah, that totally sucks AND blows both balls AND ass..
    poor guy..
    We had him play at our clubnight back in 91, and it's been great to see him still cutting it these years later..
    Stupid stupid mistake - why do these places think they can just ride roughshod over people's rights to genuinely make a mistake..
    If you're not allowed to have the stuff, which is fine and up to them, then just take it away, theres no need to police the fucking world.
    Cunts.

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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:39 p.m. – Permalink
  • mikotondria2

    AND....99% of bank notes, of which the uae has mountains of, are contaminated with cocaine, so they're all fucking guilty including the people that arrested and tried him.
    Fucking fucking cunts.

    • New World Order...knocking on our doors one day in the not so distant future.– rtr
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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 3:41 p.m. – Permalink
  • vrmbr

    nice way to promote culture. tolerance is necessary to let cultural initiatives and creativity (and thus boost innovation and economy) florish, as many modern economies acknowledge.

    the UAE, like most countries in that region, despite their crystal clear architecture and western ambitions, are still at least a century behind on the rest of the western world.

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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 4:16 p.m. – Permalink
  • horton

    it'd be rad if/ when he returns to the DJing, he drops the occasional Chase theme:

    • actually it'd almost be criminal if he didn't capitalize on this.– horton1/2
      "Liiiiive, from the Kingdom of KNYE,,....",..we miss you, Art.– mikotondria22/2
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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 4:45 p.m. – Permalink
  • subimage

    note to self: never visit UAE or other muslim countries.

    • Double Dog Ditto DAT!– duckofrubber1/5
      Aye, Hate to say it, but I wouldn't wish to set foot on muslim land again in my lifetime.– Spookytim2/5
      don't forget there's a difference between muslim and orthodox / fanatical muslim.– neverblink3/5
      I know. I still don't want to visit muslim land anymore though.– Spookytim4/5
      the difference being one shouts out loud and the others mumble it under thier breath– its_only_me5/5
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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 5:04 p.m. – Permalink
  • molo

    isn't there some way to go through a human rights organizations or something? I find it hard to believe countries can let this happen to citizens and just be like "ah well it's their law".

    • i assume Amnesty would be working on this, they do a lot we never read about. Also, the embassy may be on it..– vrmbr1/2
      Daring night time break out? silenced sub machine guns and excape to the roof to a helicopter.– ornj2/2
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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 5:11 p.m. – Permalink
  • Meeklo

    thats crazy man..

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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 6:57 p.m. – Permalink
  • ismith

    Who needs drugs when they have indoor oceans and ski resorts? But seriously, that's fucked up.

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    Dog-earFeb 19, 08, 7:10 p.m. – Permalink

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