The Daily Swarm

BBC:

Radio 1 DJ Grooverider has been jailed for four years in Dubai after admitting cannabis possession.
The DJ, whose real name is Raymond Bingham, co-presented a weekend drum & bass show on the station.

He was arrested on 23 November 2007 after being caught with 2.16 grams of cannabis at the airport.

Bingham claims the drugs were in the pocket of a pair of trousers and he had forgotten about them.

He’ll serve the minimum sentence for possession in the United Arab Emirates but his agents have told Newsbeat they hope to get him released.

A Radio 1 spokesman said: “Grooverider has paid a very high price for a serious mistake.”

Daily Mail:

They 40-year-old drum and bass star was found guilty of illegally bringing in and possessing marijuana.

He was arrested at Dubai Airport on November 23 last year after travelling to Dubai to play a set.

Police found a small transparent sack containing 2.16 grams of marijuana in his luggage. He allegedly also had some pornographic DVDs in his possession.

The DJ had previously told the court that he did not know he had the drugs on him and that he had no intention of bringing them to Dubai.

At a previous court appearance, he said: “The drugs were in my possession and I forgot I had them in my trousers.”

Bingham, who is recognised as a “godfather” of drum and bass and co-hosts a weekly Radio One show, is likely to be deported after serving his sentence.

In a published interview from jail before he was sentenced, he said: “I just want this to end and to never come back. It was a small amount. Back home I would not even get prosecuted.”