All those poor innocent souls...
Our colleague TG was arrested on 06November when arriving with 0.006g Hashish in the lining of his denim's pocket. Urine test came out positive, which made him a user too. He spent some time in the deportation centre - which he hated every minute of. Mostly due to the lack of bog rolls. We visited him there a number of times and found the place quite 'civilized'. Prosecutor gave him benefit of the doubt for using substance abroad, but not in DXB. This made it a simple case of possession. TG got deported on 24.12 and left Dubai in a Business Class seat. He was home in time for X-mas dinner.
My conclusion: If anybody ends up with 4-10years in Dubai, then there is more to the story than what the 'innocents' want to make you believe. After all, even Dubai doesn't want to give you three free meals a day for 4 years if they don't have to.