it would appear they are happy to be quite relaxed about, where crew are concerned.
Arrived at EGHQ at 01:00 LT on 01/01/18 and I can guarantee you, not a single custom officer was relaxed about the new rule. The amount of bottles confiscated was enough to stock a typical MMI... My flight deck colleague specifically asked a custom officer if it was true that they are clamping down on bringing alcohol into Dubai when you’re operating crew and he affirmed it.
Many people will find out the hard way that there is no relaxing of this rule by having their booze confiscated.