Originally Posted by
alserire
Seems to me to be a very good way of getting people to stop visiting and transiting. Lunacy!
The practical advice seems to be that transit pax are unlikely to be monitored, but that they (and terminating pax) would be best advised to take their prescription details and/or the original packaging for any medication. One common medication that you should not carry is codeine, which is apparently illegal in the UAE.