A retired Navy veteran from Covington is being detained in Dubai following his arrest for possessing medically prescribed CBD pills.

DUBAI, UAE — A retired Navy veteran from Covington is being detained in Dubai following his arrest for possessing medically prescribed CBD pills.

“They got me on a no-travel ban right now, because they’re basically saying I was trafficking drugs with my prescription medicine,” Charles Wimberly told Channel 2′s Tom Regan.

Wimberly said a Georgia doctor prescribed the CBD and prescription-strength Ibuprofen for his chronic back pain.

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