Grooverider Faces Four Years In Jail In Dubai

After being 'caught' with cannabis and porn...

by Scott Colothan
Thursday, December 06, 2007

Grooverider Faces Four Years In Jail In Dubai

Drum n’ bass DJ Grooverider could face up to four years behind bars after he was caught at a Dubai airport with an alleged stash of cannabis and pornography in his luggage.

The DJ, who has had a long-standing Radio 1 show alongside music partner Fabio, was meant to be performing in the UAE city on November 23. However, he was pulled over by customs at the Gulf Emirates Airport and detained after they allegedly discovered the said items.

Under very strict United Arab Emirates laws, pornography and cannabis are forbidden and come with tough sentences. For example, the death sentence can be passed on drug traffickers.

Ram Nath, the promoter behind the show at The Lodge where Grooverider – real name Raymond Bingham - was meant to be playing, said that he sent through clear instructions to the DJ on what he couldn’t bring into the country.

He said: “I sent a fax to him explaining all of our laws, including what he could and could not bring into the country. Unfortunately, he was booked by police before he got out of the airport.”

To add insult to Grooverider’s plight, Nath said he is seeking a refund from the DJ’s management company over lost money.

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It’s funny that he can’t do without his weed and porn for a night. Mind you UAE probably consider The Sun as porn!
~ by avid reader | Send Message | 12/6/2007
what a dick hed. big man like that with his bash mags
~ by barry 12/6/2007
Couldn’t he wait to knock one out in his hotel room on the web? That weed shit make dopee people like Grooverider forget where he put his wank mags and puff. He have plenty of batty action in jail....Enjoy
~ by yeah 12/7/2007
sad fucks. Nothing wrong with smoking and nothing wrong with wanking. Just like there’s nothing wrong with being depressed. It may arguably not be good for you but any government who thinks it deserves a jail sentence is wasting their time, the persons time, and their peoples money.
~ by minds are free 12/7/2007
Some places (usa) put you away for life and ya parents and kids aswell and even the gardener that sold the clippers to the growers. Should of known better, but then the muppet takes drugs and thats why his mind is in another place. Sorry groove, do ya bird.
~ by ex ganja man:P 12/7/2007