QUESTION: I have heard that it is a real problem taking medicines into the United Arab Emirates. Do you have any information on this, as I will be visiting Dubai next month - Sam Jensen.
ANSWER: The United Arab Emirates is very strict about what you can take it and customs officials at Dubai Airport have been cracking down in recent months. Even codeine and over-the-counter cold relief medicines like Actifed could land you in trouble, so you cannot be too careful. If you need to take medicines with you, you should take along a signed doctor's prescription. You can find out whether substances are banned by checking with an UAE embassy. Rather strangely, poppy seeds, commonly used in cooking, are among the banned substances. It is reported that a Swiss national is serving a 4-year jail term after three poppy seeds were found on his clothes by customs officials at Dubai airport. The report said the seeds had come from a bread roll he had bought and eaten at Heathrow before flying to UAE.
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