Love Island star Kaz Crossley ‘is jailed in Dubai on suspicion of drug offences’

Love Island finalist Kaz Crossley has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates on suspicion of drug offenses and thrown into a Dubai prison, likely for a minimum of three months, news broke today.

The 27-year-old reality star was detained at Abu Dhabi airport while on her way to a flight to Thailand where he claims he left to do some voluntary work.

in 2020 was filmed appearing to inhale lines of suspicious white powder in Dubai when hordes of Influential people flocked there to escape UK Covid-19 restrictions, claiming they were there for work.

Kaz was arrested on Monday and a Insider claimed ‘that his name obviously raised a red flag’ when his passport was checked in the United Arab Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi. She has since been transferred to a Dubai prison, where, according to reports, she was denied a phone call to her family, but she was allowed to send only one email.

A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are in contact with local authorities following the arrest of a British citizen in the United Arab Emirates.”

Dubai has recently liberalized its drug laws with first-time offenders received a minimum of three months’ imprisonment and a fine of between £4,559 and £22,799. Previously it would be a minimum of four years in prison for any drug use.

The expatriates are then deported to their home state, in Kaz’s case, the UK, and barred from returning to the United Arab Emirates.

Unexpected: It comes after she was filmed in 2020 appearing to inhale lines of suspicious white powder while abandoned in the United Arab Emirates at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

Busy bee: Kaz was one of many influencers who traveled to Dubai for “work purposes” when UK citizens were banned from travel during the height of the lockdown in 2020

Authorities have not confirmed why she was arrested.

But around two years ago, Kaz, in an orange minidress, was spotted holding her nose while inhaling white powder during a party in the super-strict city in the United Arab Emirates.

His name is likely to have been flagged as the UAE authorities are still investigating the above video.

A source told The Sun: “She was looking forward to going back to Thailand, where she’s been doing volunteer work, and suddenly she’s languishing in a Dubai jail.”

Everybody knows how strict they are on drugs there. She must be terrified. She had only stopped in Abu Dhabi to catch a connecting flight, but her name has obviously raised a red flag.

“He was allowed to send only one email and was not even allowed to make a phone call.”

Kaz’s representatives have been contacted by MailOnline for comment.

Her last Instagram post was when she took a short trip to Dublin four days ago.

Enjoying it: A photo of Kaz posted earlier that night on Instagram showed her posing up a storm in the same orange dress, she added the caption: “So clean when I pull up on the scene”

Reality star: Kaz rose to fame on the ITV2 show in 2018 and has been making waves online ever since.

In the 2020 video, the beauty, who rose to fame on the ITV2 show in 2018, seemed unfazed by the other partygoers around her as she leaned over the side table.

Dubai has zero tolerance when it comes to drug-related crime and the penalties for possession of drugs, even in trace amounts, are very severe.

A photo of Kaz posted earlier that night on Instagram showed her posing up a storm in the same orange dress, the caption added: “So clean when I arrive on the scene.”

A witness said: ‘Kaz was running with quite a party crowd.

“It’s certainly not as flawless as it makes it out online.”

MailOnline contacted Kaz’s representatives for comment at the time.

Kaz was one of many influencers who had traveled to Dubai for “work purposes” when UK citizens were banned from traveling during the height of the lockdown last year.

Just days before the video was posted, Kaz revealed that he had bought his second property while sharing snaps of his new Manchester abode.

Captioning her post, she wrote: ‘Just received the keys to my second property and new home in Manchester!

‘It feels so surreal, I remember the days when I couldn’t even pay for the bus. Grateful for this trip.