AirNoServicesAustralia,
In these cases the best way to obtain legal advice is to contact your own foreign office for travel advice rather than the moderator, at least that way you get legal protection if you do get arrested for taken a drink during a trip via the GULF region, or codeine for that matter. This way the passengers or travellers will save themseves eating camel meat and experience the Beni Yass jail hospitalty.
Just a thought, I wonder if the flight crew filed an ASR following the incident on board the flight? It might be a good idea to invite either the flight crew and/or the cabin crew to put their version forward.
For those flying from Australia you can get info on what not to take from the following website:
http://www.dfat.gov.au/
Safe and happy flying to all