By Ezra Marcus
A dream vacation for Future’s DJ Esco turned into a nightmare, after weed he’d purchased the night before in Amsterdam sent him to jail in Dubai for 56 days.
In an extensive interview with The Fader, Esco told the incredible, terrifying story of his imprisonment.
“We’re at the end of the Europe tour, and it’s my birthday, and we’re in Amsterdam, so we’re gonna celebrate! I got the weed,” Esco explained. “But I’m not trying to walk around with all this weed, you feel me? I was not intentionally trying to bring weed to Abu Dhabi. And if I would have known the rules and laws they got over there, I would have quadruple checked my bag and made sure there wasn’t a piece of weed. I swear I would have.”
The trouble started when a police officer accosted him for filming in the airport, and then demanded to check his bags. He said the officers found weed, though Esco claimed he didn’t know it was in there—though still, he figured he’d just be sent back on the plane, no problem.
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That’s not what happened. Esco ended up in jail, denied even a lawyer for weeks. Things only changed after he managed to befriend the prison warden.
“To make a long story short, the warden blessed me,” he added. “He took a liking to me, taught me some things about Islam and we ended up growing our own relationship. He’s the one who ended up helping me when my lawyer told me it might be six months, a year, or four years… The warden came in and he was like, ‘It’s not in my job description and I really don’t care about your case, but I’ve come to like you as a person. I’m not supposed to do this, but I’m going to call your prosecutor.’ I couldn’t even get the U.S. Embassy to call the prosecutor!”
After his release, Esco posted an Instagram from the airport.
Ah, sweet freedom.
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