From a report in Oz today:
Monday June 4, 10:32 PM
UAE judges deciding on Aussies' charges
"Key prosecution evidence against three Australians charged in the United Arab Emirates with drinking alcohol and sexual harassment on a plane has been withdrawn, a spokesman for the men says.
Businessmen Jeremy Snaith and William Sargent have been in custody near Abu Dhabi facing drug, sexual harassment and intoxication charges."
Drinking on a plane was always going to be difficult to prosecute, you'd have to arrest everyone on ME flights! Besides are you really in the UAE when drinking on board?