Radio 1 DJ Grooverider has been talking about his stay in a Dubai prison for cannabis possession. As previously reported, he was released ten months into his four year sentence last month as one of the 700 pardons granted each year by the Dubai Royal Family during the Muslim festival of Ramadan.
He told BBC Newsbeat: "I got on a plane to go to Dubai to play a gig. I was picking up my luggage and the customs inspector came over to me and he said, 'Can I check on your bags', and I said, 'Yeah, of course', because I didn't think nothing was wrong. He checked through my bags and found nothing. Then he found a bit of dust in the trouser pocket. It was marijuana but it was a very, very small piece. It was just under a joint that was loose in the pocket that had been washed out. So they just arrested me at that point on suspicion of having marijuana. The mad thing was he told me that this, 'Was not a problem, we'll arrest you now but we'll send you home'. I thought well fair enough that's normal. At the end of the day they don't like what's in my bag and they've got every right to send me home".
Of his sentence, he said: "I didn't even go in the court, I just know I got four years for nothing. But there's nothing you can do. It is frustrating but you've just got to take it".
He described hearing the news that he was to be released as a "relief just knowing it was coming to an end".