Australian has been jailed for four years in the Gulf emirate of Dubai

Australian has been jailed for four years in the Gulf emirate of Dubai after being found with 0.55 grams (0.019 ounces) of cannabis and testing positive for the drug, a newspaper reported on Thursday.The 43-year-old, whose name was given only as S.A., was convicted of "possessing and consuming" cannabis. He was arrested at Dubai airport on January 14 after arriving from the Congo, the Khaleej Times daily said.In an unrelated incident, a 38-year-old German was arrested on Monday as he boarded a flight to Britain carrying four kilos of cocaine in his suitcase.The newspaper said the man had admitted he was given the drugs during a three-day trip to Dubai by an African man who told him to hand the package over to an accomplice when he arrived in Britain.The German, identified only as H.M., confessed during interviews that he had made several previous drug smuggling trips to the emirate, the newspaper added.
Dubai, one of the seven member states in the United Arab Emirates, is a popular tourist destination and imposes tough penalties for all drug-related offences.Four years is the usual sentence for possession while trafficking carries the death penalty.