Originally Posted by
pycut
Please be extremely careful and find out first, especially with the codeine medication. Codeine and any other morphine or heroin derivatives are completely banned in the UAE, no exceptions. Even poppy seeds are banned.
More info here on the UAE gov page on what you need and what you can or can't do:
http://www.dubai.ae/en.portal?topic,...pageLabel=home
Agreed you do need to be very careful. There are drugs available over the counter that are on the banned import list.
as well as the link above check the following
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7234786.stm