There is a British TV show called “Banged Up Abroad” where the stories revolve around British citizens who were arrested abroad usually on drug related charges. The trailer above is for an episode where a British guy in the late 80’s gets caught dealing drugs in Kuwait and gets sentenced to 5 years in prison. Saddam then invaded Kuwait in 1990 and he was able to escape back to England.
What I don’t get is this TV show. Why would you turn criminals like drug dealers into semi celebrities? [YouTube]
Note: Qualitynet users, if you get an error that the video is no longer available its because of Qualitynet. The video is still online but somethings weird with the Qualitynet connection and 80% of YouTube videos are showing as no longer available. I’ve been having this issue for over a week now.
25 replies on “Banged up in Kuwait”
*Answer to your question* Well because criminals attract attention, if something is spoiled in a group of good apples, everyone will focus at the spoiled one.
this sounds cool but the video is gone 🙁
I’m sure I heard about him………
there is a work around for the youtube videos being no longer available (which i think isps are just messing with youtube to save bandwidth or something)
https://www.tecfre.com/solution-to-youtubes-this-video-is-no-longer-available-problem/
I tried the website for the youtube solution but it was no help, does any one know any other way around it, it is extremly frustrating!
A hash smoker / dealer / grower is not a criminal. Whats criminal is giving him a five year sentence. I am soo happy I no longer live in that police state. Expats, get out now! Fuck money, its not worth it (not that Kuwait pays as much as most people think). I’d rather live on $1 a day in subsaharan Africa than to ever return to that oppressive country.
mmm, I agree, you disrespect the law in a foreign culture you should pay the price. He was lucky, yes, but he doesn’t deserve a book…Bearing in mind his capture was legitimate and he DID sell drugs he should donate the money to charity… cheeky b***tard!
aghh, I so agree with you Mark!
i totally agree with you mark, they really should not makes it like an interesting story to share. They shall bring him back to make him stay in a microwave jail room!! Hi is a criminal for GoD Sake!!
Because mako shghl :p
not Only criminals.a dictator this time on bbc
a tv show called House Of Saddam
https://echoholic.com/2008/08/11/house-of-saddam-on-bbc-2/
for Qualitynet users,, keep refreshing the link until it works
I personally believe that they should’ve have brought him back to continue his sentence. For god’s sake he is a drug dealer. as for you q8 hater: up yours buddy! Kuwait is #1! 🙂
just change the country setting from worldwide to any country like india or anything it will work
liluokalani, your so-called “country” is not #1 in anything. Not one damn thing. Your per capita GDP is lower than most in the civilized world. Up your momma’s buddy 🙂
Kuwait # 14. Be proud of that asshole! https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html
q8hater dude grow up
as for this drug dealer “lucky bast@rd” hehe
‘ya shabab ya shabab’ that killed me!! 🙂
Q8 hater seriously..if you didn’t care about Kuwait so much you wouldn’t take the time to bitch about it..and for you to type in ur name as Q8 Hater just goes to show you that deep down subconsiously q8 is in ur mind…so if you don’t like Kuwait, good for you, keep it to yourself or have the balls to say it to a Kuwaiti face to face.
thank god you left q8 its negative vibes like you that bring us down.
p.s. no one gave a shit that your gone. =)
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https://echoholic.com/2008/08/13/house-of-saddam-torrent/
I watched this on TV the other day in America of National Geography. The show is called “Locked up abroad” here, its an awesome show.
if u use a mac.. u can click refresh 10 times on youtube.. and the video will work… this works for me 50% of the time.. and i am a quality net user
It is criminal of the police to set him up themselves and smoke the hash themselves. He was a naive schoolboy and they probably decided they were bored and needed some action, so decided to screw him over.
Its disgusting.
Most of the police in Kuwait are absolute scum, although I feel sorry for the police who genuinley want to be honest and just, but cant because of all the corrupt ways, and wasta, which must make life tricky.
Im glad the boy got out, he was part of a cruel game.
Just realised that this sounds rather perverted, ‘bored and needed some action, so decided to screw him over.’
haha im sure you know what I meant.
I am one of the producers for “Banged Up Abroad” and we are currently looking for stories for the new series. If any of you guys know someone who has been to jail overseas and would like to tell their story, could you please pass on my details?
[email protected]
Cheers.
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