Grooverider arrested

For smuggling 2 grams of weed in to United Arab Emirates.

Four years is the minimum sentence for drugs there.

They dropped the charge for having porn on him.

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Originally Posted by grooverider

It's ridiculous. I must have forgotten the spliff. It was a small amount. Back home I would not even get prosecuted

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Am I supposed to know who this silly person is?

i never heard of him :)

Nor me. Apparently he is some kind of "disc jockey". :idunno:

i didn't know either, he is a radio1 DJ or ex DJ

Chap got caught in an airport in the middle-east with drugs on him and now he won't be able to interact with society for at least 4 years. Good.

Natural selection, ftw.

AllenS tell em who he is FFS pneubs.

this happened 06 December 2007, its not really news is it? why do people here always post news so late? :unsure:

the real news is this:

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Originally Posted by Guardian

Wednesday February 20, 2008

A Radio 1 DJ recognized as one of the pioneers of drum'n'bass music was yesterday sentenced in Dubai to four years in prison for possession of cannabis. Grooverider, whose real name is Raymond Bingham, was found guilty of possession and illegally bringing marijuana into the United Arab Emirates.

He was arrested at Dubai airport on November 23 last year after police found a small transparent bag containing 2.16g of the drug in his luggage. The four-year sentence was the minimum term allowed under UAE law, which takes a hard line on drugs. Recently a string of travellers have been arrested as Dubai's popularity as a tourism and business destination has increased.

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sorry, grooverider is one of the pioneers of Drum n bass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grooverider

It was in today's SUN :emo:

Don't blame me for being late. :emo:

I've seen him DJ and met him a couple of times so it sparked my interest.

4 yrs is harsh as fuck. I accidentally brought an 1/8 back from South Africa once, it's an easy mistake to make.

Well, he's going to get his groove ridden over the next 4 years, fo' sho' :cool:

Dopey cunt.

Puntastic barb.

Who cares man..

benchez, apparently :idunno:

Oh fuck it, Drum n Bass is shit these days anyway. :dabs:

I was shocked to see he's got 4 years, but i read somewhere that they usually let them go if they can prove he's famous or something. BBC can use their powers to get him released because he works for them.

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Originally Posted by Alien5

I was shocked to see he's got 4 years, but i read somewhere that they usually let them go if they can prove he's famous or something. BBC can use their powers to get him released because he works for them.

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:lol:

Like the BBC employ black people.

wikipedia says he's being deported: 2008 he was sentenced to four years imprisonment followed by immediate deportation.

:lol:

Lets find out where he lives and rob his record collection FTW.

Who is this Mr GroovyRide you speak of?

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Originally Posted by dinsdale

Who is this Mr GroovyRide you speak of?

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Not you as well. :snooty:

Its not that 'Bass 'n Drum music is it? With all the bass and the drums?

:lol:

Whats wrong with a good old fashioned 12 hour flute solo? Quite frankly, the music of the youth today baffles me.

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Originally Posted by dinsdale

Whats wrong with a good old fashioned 12 hour flute solo?

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It depends what you're into.

Tantric masturbating is only for serious wankers.

benchez you should have made a pole with this thread:)

I see what you mean, maybe a 3 second avant-guard piece by a Belgian nun using a car alarm and a badger would be more insightful.

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Originally Posted by thebazzla

benchez you should have made a pole with this thread:)

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Why. Did you want something to dance with. :unsure:

not quite the time or the month how about may

Maybe he wants something he wouldn't touch you with.

I think it was a clever play on words - dinsdale was putting forward different techniques for wanking, and baz used the word 'pole' instead of 'poll'.


It couldn't have been linguistic luck, could it.

well you might say poll where you come from but where i come from its pole:whistling

Explain away the joke why don't you. :fist:

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Originally Posted by benchez

Explain away the joke why don't you. :fist:

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Like you'd have got it :rolleyes:

ok MR benchez ask manker he will explain

:crazy:

:naughty:

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Originally Posted by Alien5

wikipedia says he's being deported: 2008 he was sentenced to four years imprisonment followed by immediate deportation.

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Maybe he has to serve the 4 years before he gets deported :dabs:

I'm surprised his country hasn't stepped in and helped him out.

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Originally Posted by Smith

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Originally Posted by Alien5

wikipedia says he's being deported: 2008 he was sentenced to four years imprisonment followed by immediate deportation.

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I'm surprised his country hasn't stepped in and helped him out.

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Why the fuck would we do that? :blink:

He broke the law in a country he was visiting, if he didn't agree with the laws he shouldn't have gone.

He probably wasn't even aware of the laws he was so wrapped up in his own importance. Being famous doesn't excuse being a dick.

He's an imbecile. You seem to have that in common. :shutup:

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Originally Posted by Smith

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Originally Posted by Alien5

wikipedia says he's being deported: 2008 he was sentenced to four years imprisonment followed by immediate deportation.

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Maybe he has to serve the 4 years before he gets deported :dabs:

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that would be the correct assumption.

There is no fucking way that he accidentally brought the gear with him.

Fuck sake, he's a drum and base DJ.

He fancied himself as famous in a place where being a has-been DJ holds absolutely no water whatsoever. He thought he may have been given a bye-ball on the strength of his European kewlness in a country which doesn't give two fucks about that.

Fucking idiot to the max.