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Last month, I wrote about guitarist Led Zeppelin Tuyay of the Philippine group Kamikazee who was being held in Dubai on suspicion of marijuana possession. He was taken in to custody on December 4 and remains at an airport detention center nearly a month later. From ABS-CBN.

The guitarist has not been formally charged, according to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) newspaper, which said the prosecutor was awaiting results of urine tests.

The newspaper said Tuyay was found with 0.87 grams (0.03 ounces) of marijuana in his possession which he insisted he had not intended to bring with him or to use in Dubai.

So, here you have a young guy who was carrying a tiny amount of pot, very tiny amount, he admits it, says he didn’t intend to bring it with him and he’s still sitting there in limbo after a month.

Clearly, the authorities in Dubai are the ultimate red asses. It doesn’t take a month to get blood test results. The guy didn’t even have a gram on him and they are holding him indefinitely, using protocol as a lame excuse.

I sympathize with Led. And, I’m not looking at it as a pot deal, I’m looking at it as a musician deal. I sympathize with Led but, at the same time, he brought this predicament on. If you are in a position where you are traveling for work, you got to know where you are going.