Dubai is trying to be a "big tourist attraction", but I'm afraid that they "shot themselves in the foot" here.
We all (who travel in the Middle-East) know that their rules on "drugs" are somewhet different to ours, but tourists expect the same regs as they have "at home" and DXB have really fouled up here.
DXB Customs - "Get it right" - stop
real users and traffickers - of course - but understand "Western" systems too
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