PHUKET: A tourist from Dubai told Patong police yesterday that he didn't know he was carrying an illegal drug in his pocket when he was pulled over at a checkpoint.
The eyes of Rashid Abdlhkeem, 26, welled up as he insisted to an officer: ''I didn't know it was drugs. I bought it from a taxi driver.
''He told me it was good for sex, but he did not mention that it was illegal.''
Mr Rashid pleaded with the officer to let him go so he could return to his 19-year-old wife, who was now left in a Phuket resort on her own.
As the alleged offence involves 0.5 grams of the illegal drug ya ice, Mr Rashid has to go before Phuket Provincial Court in Phuket City before an application for bail can be heard.
''I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't do anything like that,'' the holidaying security guard told an officer at Kathu Police Station after his arrest at 4am on Thursday. ''I just wanted to have fun with my wife.''
Mr Rashid said he was prepared to surrended his passport, but he suffered from back pain and headaches and was unwilling to spend time in a poorly equipped cell.
He said he needed a lawyer. Mr Rashid is due to appear in court today.
The eyes of Rashid Abdlhkeem, 26, welled up as he insisted to an officer: ''I didn't know it was drugs. I bought it from a taxi driver.
''He told me it was good for sex, but he did not mention that it was illegal.''
Mr Rashid pleaded with the officer to let him go so he could return to his 19-year-old wife, who was now left in a Phuket resort on her own.
As the alleged offence involves 0.5 grams of the illegal drug ya ice, Mr Rashid has to go before Phuket Provincial Court in Phuket City before an application for bail can be heard.
''I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't do anything like that,'' the holidaying security guard told an officer at Kathu Police Station after his arrest at 4am on Thursday. ''I just wanted to have fun with my wife.''
Mr Rashid said he was prepared to surrended his passport, but he suffered from back pain and headaches and was unwilling to spend time in a poorly equipped cell.
He said he needed a lawyer. Mr Rashid is due to appear in court today.
Do to him what he would have done to him in his own country.
Many people have been arrested and jailed for Valium and traces of pot on their clothes/bags while just passing through airport transit in Dubai.
Muslims must realize they cannot get away with everything including hypocrisy
Posted by hulkster on October 5, 2013 10:01
Editor Comment:
The laws in Dubai do not reflect the wishes of all Muslims, hulkster. Why bring religion into it? You seem happy enough to sit alongside Muslims and watch Muslims play football on Phuket, where one third of citizens are Muslims.