DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai has freed a Briton jailed after a speck of cannabis was found on his shoe, a newspaper reported on its Web site on Tuesday.
Authorities released ******-of-three Andrew Brown, 43, from Birmingham, who had been serving a four-year jail sentence after police at Dubai airport found 0.003 grams (0.0001 ounce) of cannabis stuck to the sole of a shoe in his luggage last September, the daily 7 Days said.
Brown said he had been returning from a holiday in Ethiopia to mark the Rastafarian millennium, it said.
Dubai has a zero tolerance **** policy.
Last week, a Dubai court sentenced British DJ Raymond Bingham, better known as Grooverider, to four years in jail after the BBC Radio 1 programme host was caught with 2.16 grams of ********* at the emirate's airport in November.
Dubai is part of the United Arab Emirates. Under UAE law, **** trafficking carries a sentence ranging from four years in jail to death, although executions are rare. Foreigners convicted of bringing ***** into the Gulf trade and tourism hub normally face jail terms followed by deportation.
