Spiked Drink in Dubai!
Watch out ladies, if it could happen in Dubai it won't be long till it happens in Qatar!
British woman in spiked drink kidnap bid
Woman, 23, says Arab man tried to whisk her away after lacing her beverage with drug
DUBAI: A young British woman said she escaped an abduction bid after her non-alcoholic drink was spiked with drugs at a nightclub in Oud Metha last week.
Abu Dhabi resident Anna Johnson (name changed to protect identity), 23, had just seen off some friends around midnight and was moving towards another group when an Arab man offered to buy her a drink.
"I don't drink alcohol. In any case I was driving that night, so I politely turned him down. But he insisted and asked if he could get me a soft drink instead. So I said, ‘Okay, I'll have an energy drink'."
"It sounds as if I've been foolish, because obviously you shouldn't accept a drink from a stranger. And that's the message I want to get across. I lived in London through university and wouldn't have dreamt of doing anything like this because you know people there carry drugs. But here everybody assumes it is super safe. That's why I accepted the drink. I thought, ‘It's Dubai, it's not like somebody would put something in your drink in Dubai'."
Johnson couldn't have been more mistaken. She had barely taken a few sips when her mind went blank and she collapsed. "I was not conscious until the next morning and have no idea what happened in between apart from what I have been told," said Johnson, who was found unconscious in the club's toilet at around 2am. "I have a faint memory of lying on the bathroom floor. That's about it. I have no memory of how I reached there and who carried me out. Later, I found out it was a female bouncer. She recognised me and promptly called my mother in Abu Dhabi."
But just as the hotel staff was about to put Johnson in a taxi on her family's instructions, a man tried to whisk her away in a car.
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"Fortunately he was stopped. The club management rang me the next day to check on me and they told me about this. They said it [spiked drinks] happens frequently. I spoke to the bouncer and she gave me a description of the man who tried to bundle me away. It matched the Arab man who spiked my drink."
Johnson has lived in the UAE for more than a decade now. She said: "I've never worried about things because I thought I was always in control, especially as I don't drink but this incident has scared me. I was not even dressed provocatively. I didn't fit the bill at all. I am lucky that nothing happened.
"People should remain alert when they go to a bar. Everything you do in America and in the UK, unfortunately, you have to do that here now. You must cover your bottle with a thumb, make sure you don't leave it unattended at any time and not accept drinks from strangers at all."
Johnson said she has not lodged a police complaint because she doesn't want to get into legal complications. "They will ask me if I have a alcohol licence. If I tell them I was not drinking they will ask what I was doing in a nightclub. I'd rather keep them out of it."
Last June, the British Embassy in the UAE issued an advisory warning about a tiny date rape pill used to spike drinks at nightclubs and hotspots across Dubai
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Even Vegetables & Fruits can be "spiked"...everybody on QL knows about the adultrated Watermelon...lol
Ok it was something very light... but still it is an example that it can be done...
And... Rum Cake.. I love that... but then that is an accepted Confectionery
Rule of Thumb: Dont accept anything from a Stranger.
Lol MN so thats y they don't go on a second date :(
It can also happen in restaurants.. or even while drinking coffee...
Reminds me of that scene in Mission Impossible...
Scary Tales for ladies. Beware, it could happen anywhere.
max1986: If a girl happens to say something like, “Do you want to go get a drink?” or “Let’s go get drinks” She doesn't really mean She is buying you a drink. No wonder all the gals now make up some lame excuses to avoid goin out with u now :D
Brit, I know Rizks would be good at this...never the less, I am married now....so have to best security in the world!
Lols britey !
Rizks makes a valid point. I suggest that next time you go to a party , you take Rizks with you as an official taster.. :o)
Rizks, exactly, that is what I did...and it saved me!
stealth: You must be talkin abt that Chinese gal from the I-pub. She‘s got dead hungry eyes like a vampire Zombie dead face.
If you are a white man in his late in his 50’s or late 40’s you might wanna stay away from her :D
you cant be 100% sure - nomerci !
Its better to be with whom u trust the most whenever u go to bars or private parties !
No stealth, not in this case.
I m not gonna accept anymore drinks from girls I don't know :p
what happenes in private parties remain private isnt it?
dont go to pubs alone.....
It even happens at private parties!
Scary :S
OMG! THROWS UP!
Wireless Brain : LOOOL! You never know mate. Some ppl have some really weird, perverted 'n very messed up fancies!
You know what it's like here MN, don't know if it was a man or woman who spiked his drink...
snessy: OMG! I hope he didn't find the flick on youtube next morning!
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Miss Mimi , Seeing your profile pics , U r safe
Snessy - That was me. :)
It happened with me too. Scary. Four girls in a local bar here spiked my drink and whisked me away for four nights. And then I woke up.
On a serious note, things like these can happen anywhere in the world and women would do well to be cautious at all times.
Not only women need to worry, I know of a man who had his drink spiked in Qatar...
Anyone who assume this kinda stuff does not happen around here, specially in places like nightclubs and spots where alcohol is served, is clearly very naive and misinformed. And why perpetrators mainly chose spots where alcohol is served, is cos it's then easy to pretend their victims are drunk and not actually under the influence of the drug. They then act as though they are the good Samaritans helping their friends get back home, when in actuality they then just whisk them off to where they fancy.
And the worst thing about this drug is many times it can't be traced, and the victims themselves are so comatose they will hardly remember any details of the night before and/or the attacker. Scary!
Years back, long before I got into practicing my religion, we were warned about this from various sources. Thankfully we always had our guards up as a result. For single ladies out there, always remember what mama taught you:don't trust strangers. Never accept drinks from anyone, unless you opened it and poured it yourself, and yes don't trust anyone to refill your drink.
Always guard your drinks at parties and functions.
And careful when you give out personal details about yourself.
Truly we live in fearful times but it pays to stay updated and educated. And never assume any place to be 100% safe...ever!
Teen Ager!*
I think it all has to do with this misplaced belief that this region is safe Brit. People assume that because things aren't reported it means they don't happen.
Miss Mimi. I believe it already happened last year. But wasn’t in a nightclub, it was a normal family who happened to have a teen anger and an Asian maid.
A warning for all ..
What I find intriguing is why her family should want to put her in a taxi, given the state she was in ..
Thank you Mods for fixing my mistake!!!
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That's scary!..
Read some women were feeling good about themselves receiving gifts and drinks from men in Qatar on some thread a while ago. May be they should read this for their own safety and saving us from their story if something goes wrong.
LOL! Yes I did mean to say Qatar!
"Watch out ladies, if it could happen in Dubai it won't be long till it happens in Abu Dhabi!"
May be u wanted to say "Watch out ladies ...happens in Qatar".