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The Gulf Times reports that Al-Sharq reports that :
The Criminal Court in Doha has sentenced an Asian national working as a limousine driver to 10 years in jail on charges of selling marijuana to students, according to a report in the local daily Al-Sharq.
He has also been ordered to pay a fine of QR200,000 and be deported on completion of the jail term...
...He revealed that he had 12 envelopes in his car containing the substance to be sold to students for a sum of QR6,400 each. He later on disclosed the identities of the other three persons who were his accomplices.
After cross-examination they confessed to their modus operandi. They offered the substance to those who were regularly using their limousines for being dropped and picked up at the universities and schools. They also managed to mingle with students when they threw parties and offered the substance during those occasions, said the officer.
Call me naive but didn't realise this sort of thing went down like this in Doha...
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LincolnPirate said
You are naive. ...You are naive.
Physics is like sex. Sometimes we get some practical results, but that's not why we're doing it!
britexpat said
May i call you Naive also ? I ...May i call you Naive also ?
I wonder if his accomplices were caught..
Formatted Soul said
Where are they getting the ...Where are they getting the drugs from? I guess its not that difficult to bring any illegal stuff through Doha Airport..
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LincolnPirate said
By road and by sea. ...By road and by sea.
Physics is like sex. Sometimes we get some practical results, but that's not why we're doing it!
FlyingJD said
thats a lot of money ...thats a lot of money 6400x12 .
mozaismyhero said
I would like to jump on the ...I would like to jump on the naive bandwagon.
However it is easy to be hoodwinked as the papers normally only print happy stories about Qatar.
John Doe said
He deserves it... the pot was ...He deserves it... the pot was overpriced...
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Mike Shamrock said
jane01: naive MIMH: super ...jane01: naive
MIMH: super naive
:P
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Rizks said
is this wats being taught in ...is this wats being taught in Universities and Schools ?
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fubar said
That's pretty pricey grass. ...That's pretty pricey grass. He should be arrested if only for greed!
tinkerbell10 said
Is he selling gold or grass? ...Is he selling gold or grass? Jeez! But he deserves this and more!
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Rizks said
so much grass in corniche, ...so much grass in corniche, didnt knew it costs tat much ? :(
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fubar said
What punishment, if any, was ...What punishment, if any, was handed to the people buying and smoking the dope?
Or is it legal to buy and use, but illegal to sell?
tinkerbell10 said
Fubar - its like imprisoning ...Fubar - its like imprisoning the victim of rape for adultery and letting the perpetrator get away scott free!
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Prism said
This cannot be compared with ...This cannot be compared with rape...there is no force involved.
"If you do not want your enemies to know the facts, take care that your friends do not know them"- Machiavelli
tinkerbell10 said
Prism - im not comparing the ...Prism - im not comparing the 2. Just stating the way punishment is served. It shud be fair, rite? Im not supporting the dealer. What he did is inexcusable. But he is a dealer and seeling it at such prices cuz the demand is there.....
In a rape case again the victim is punished and labelled an adultress. whereas the person who actually victimised her is set scott free. Again talking only in terms of punishment meted out and its fairness - which does not exist...
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britexpat said
Surely, as in other ...Surely, as in other countries, you can only prosecute "buyers" if they are caufgt in the act. Even then, as many cases in the UK, they are let off with a warning :O(
damselindistress said
if the users are students, i ...if the users are students, i am guessing that most of them are not yet on the legal age, so i guess counselling or send them to juvenile homes, (do they have it here?) oh well, both pusher and user must be punished.
So keep off the grass people! :-P
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shisha202 said
both should be punished. ...both should be punished.
monseratsabio@y... said
always you are using same ...always you are using same sentance try to change my friend
FlyingAce said
What abt the Students? Will ...What abt the Students? Will they be Caught as well?
I highly Doubt....
tinkerbell10 said
Im wondering what other ...Im wondering what other things these students must have done to try raise 6k to buy the grass!
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monseratsabio@y... said
jane01 are you working with ...jane01 are you working with governoment????
monseratsabio@y... said
any subject from /jane01 in ...any subject from /jane01 in qatarliving is free talk he don t have anything to do
tinkerbell10 said
And how do YOU know this ...And how do YOU know this ?????
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LostInSpace said
Apparently ...someone was also caught selling hash in Saudi and was sentenced to be 'stoned to death'. After smoking 206 spliffs he is still alive! :0)
FathimaH said
Yikes...that's quite a lucrative trade there ...bet the customers must have plenty of pocket money to afford that stuff! The guy must be happy he chose Qatar as a country to sell his wares. Some countries are not as forgiving!
"And the slaves of the Most Beneficent (Allah) are those who walk on the earth in humility and sedateness, and when the foolish address them (with bad words) they reply back with mild words of gentleness"(Surah Al Furqan:63)
mozaismyhero said
I'm assuming by the cost this ...I'm assuming by the cost this was not the Bright Future Pakistani school, so you are probably looking at students with high disposable incomes, most likely Qatari. (Even western kids would say no to that price). So we can all guess if the kids will get prosecuted, er, I guess no.
cosmobonobo said
Driver caught selling drugs to students ...Marijuana shouldn't be sold to minors but other than that we need to end the disastrous world-wide prohibition on the good herb. There was a time , not that long ago , when hashish was widely used and accepted without much fuss throughout the middle east.
Chairboy said
...and that Moza makes my ......and that Moza makes my blood boil. Why are the authorities SO blind to the misdemeanours of elements within the Qatari population be it on the road or as in this case the back of a taxi??
Thats a rhetorical question btw - I dont expect anything approached a convincing explanation.
Will open .......................... soon!!!
Bachus said
Perhaps it was medical pot. ...Perhaps it was medical pot. We should give him the benefit of the doubt.