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Love Island star set to be freed from Dubai jail after 'fully cooperating'

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Love Island star set to be freed from Dubai jail after 'fully cooperating'
Love Island star set to be freed from Dubai jail after 'fully cooperating'

LOVE Island star Kaz Crossley is set to be freed from her Dubai jail cell after "fully cooperating" with officials.

The fashion and beauty influencer Kaz, 28, was arrested on suspicion of drug offences at Abu Dhabi airport on Monday.

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Love Island star Kaz Crossley was held in Dubai on suspicion of drug offencesCredit: Instagram
Emirates authorities were said to be probing a two-year-old video of her snorting a suspicious white substance at a party
Emirates authorities were said to be probing a two-year-old video of her snorting a suspicious white substance at a party
The footage was shot during lockdown as influencers flocked to Dubai
The footage was shot during lockdown as influencers flocked to DubaiCredit: Rex

Kaz was nabbed while she was in transit for a flight to Thailand.

It is understood her name was flagged up as United Arab Emirates authorities are still probing a two-year-old video of her snorting a suspicious white substance at a party.

The footage was shot during lockdown as influencers flocked to Dubai to escape restrictions in the UK and was revealed by The Sun on Sunday.

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A terrified Kaz, who came third on Love Island in 2018 and is set to feature on Channel 5's upcoming show The Challenge, was arrested on Monday.

Her representative today confirmed she was set to be released from prison, four days after being locked up.

They told The Sun: "Kaz has fully cooperated with officials and is free to continue her journey."

The representative explained: “Kaz was travelling through Abu Dhabi on her way to Thailand, where she was stopped by UAE police and taken in for questioning in relation to a matter that is not directly related to her but officials felt she could assist in their enquiries."

A source previously told The Sun: "She was looking forward to getting back to Thailand where she has been doing voluntary work and all of a sudden she is languishing in a Dubai jail.

"She had only stopped off in Abu Dhabi to catch a connecting flight but her name has obviously raised a red flag.

"She was allowed to send just one email and wasn’t even allowed to make a phone call.

“She messaged one particular friend whose email she could remember and asked her to inform her family that she was OK but had been arrested for drugs offences. The arrest wasn’t because of anything she had on her.

“As far as we know it is all down to that video.”

In the clip, said to have been filmed in Dubai in November 2020 as the UK was in lockdown, Kaz is seen in an orange dress bending over a side table where chunky lines of powder appear to be laid out.

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A shocked witness said: “Kaz was running with quite a hard partying crowd.

"She certainly isn’t as squeaky clean as she makes out online.”

Under recently changed drug laws in Dubai, first-time offenders face a minimum of three months in prison and a fine between £4,559 (AED 20,000) and £22,799 (AED 100,000).

Experts say expats caught using drugs are usually deported back to their home countries after they're jailed.

An FCDO Spokesperson said: “We are providing consular assistance to a British national who was arrested in the United Arab Emirates and are in contact with the local authorities.”

Kaz had spent much of last year in Thailand doing voluntary work.

Her last Instagram post was uploaded on Sunday in Dublin.

A picture posted on social media showed Kaz in Dubai wearing the same dress with the caption: 'So clean when I pull up to the scene'
A picture posted on social media showed Kaz in Dubai wearing the same dress with the caption: 'So clean when I pull up to the scene'
Kaz split from her Love Island beau, presenter Josh Denzel in January 2019 — six months after reaching the show’s final in Majorca
Kaz split from her Love Island beau, presenter Josh Denzel in January 2019 — six months after reaching the show’s final in MajorcaCredit: Rex

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