AUSTRALIAN soldiers on their way home from Afghanistan have been sent back to the war zone after being caught drinking alcohol in Dubai.The eight soldiers were returned to their unit in Tarin Kowt on Tuesday to allow an investigation and any disciplinary action to be completed, a Defence Department spokesman said.
"Unauthorised consumption of alcohol in the Middle East... is not permitted by deployed ADF personnel," he said.It has been reported that the soldiers either admitted to drinking or returned a positive breath test while in Dubai.
They are believed to be from Mentoring Task Force 3 and had reportedly been on a shopping trip in Dubai while on their way back to Australia.
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