SCOTT SIMON, host: Be careful where you tread this week the London Daily Mail reported on the plight of Keith Brown. Mr. Brown, a youth development in Britain is in prison in Dubai, because while changing planes there, custom officials found a spec of marijuana smaller than a grain of sugar, stuck to one of his shoes. Imagine what might have happened if they ever took a look at Keith Richards' shoes. Keith Brown has a family back in Britain. He's been given a mandatory four year sentence. International human rights officials say that authorities in Dubai have been cracking down on travelers.</s>SCOTT SIMON, host: One man from Switzerland has been jailed because they found three poppy seeds on his clothing from a bread roll that he ate in Heathrow. What if he'd had a sesame bagel with cream cheese? The head of Fair Trials International warrants that customs authorities in Dubai will even test a traveler's blood or urine and put them in prison if they find a tiny trace amount of anything they consider a dangerous substance. So quit complaining about having to take off your shoes.
Scott Simon notes the plight of a British citizen who has been sentenced to four years in prison in Dubai for having a microscopic amount of marijuana on the bottom of his shoe.