Cat finally got released on Wednesday the 5th of March after having been detained for 6 weeks and arrived safely back home in London 0n the 6th :-)

A huge thanks to everyone else involved who has helped by showing their support and by spreading the word. The extent of bloggers and facebookers joining in support of freeing Cat must have left the Dubai authorities in shock and amazement. Incredible what the 'masses' can achieve in an area where all politicians - independent of nationailty have been too cowardice to even approach the subject.

Excellent Work!

The Case

Cat Le-Huy known to his friends as Diz has been detained in Dubai since Saturday 26th of January whilst the Dubai authorities are trying to come up with some drugs charges against him. Cat being Asian and having long hair was an obvious target and when they found melatonin sleeping pills they decided that these had to be drugs and have sent them off for testing. They claim to have found a piece of hash in his bag and this has been sent off for analysis as well…

The very worrying thing about Dubai law is that if they do a urine test on you and find that you have traces of anything illegal in your system – independent of where you consumed these illegal substances, then this will count as smuggling and the minimum charge for anything drug related is 4 years. Even if this charge is based on a trace of something in your urine. Can I just add that something as basic as Codeine is considered illegal and just a trace of the painkiller can land you in jail.