Radio DJ Grooverider jailed

February 19, 2008

British Radio 1 DJ Grooverider has been jailed for four years in Dubai for possesion of drugs. The 40-year-old, real name Raymond Bingham, was arrested at the city’s airport on November 23 after flying in for a nightclub gig. Officials found 2.16 grams of cannabis in his luggage he had ‘forgotten’. Recently, Dubai City Magazine already posted this much commented article.

DJ Grooverider has been with Radio 1 since 1998 and co-hosts the weekly Fabio and Grooverider show at 2am each Sunday. Since his arrest, Radio 1 continued the show without him.

In the last 12 months, 64 British nationals have been arrested in the UAE for drugs offences, according to the Foreign Office. Grooverider has two weeks to appeal.

Written by Reinout Ebskamp · Filed Under Government & Laws