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Enforcement 🇶🇦 Qatar

World Cup visitors are warned that Qatar arrests for the smallest amounts

Ahead of the football World Cup, a news agency's guide for fans described Qatar as one of the most restrictive countries in the world on drugs: cannabis is prohibited, as are some common medicines; bags and passengers are scanned at Hamad International Airport, and travellers carrying even very small quantities have been arrested. Smuggling charges can carry the death penalty.[1]

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References

  1. Associated Press via Fox 5 New York — Hooligans not welcome, what you should know about laws and customs in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup (9 November 2022)archived

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