Love Island's Kaz Crossley says she wants to take 'time to reflect' in her first statement since reportedly being arrested in Dubai after an old video showed her snorting a white substance in the country three years ago.
, Crossley wasn’t permitted to call her family when she was detained, with a source saying: ‘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.’
On the British government’s website, it outlines the UAE has ‘zero tolerance for drugs-related offences’. ‘Possession of even the smallest amount of illegal drugs can lead to a minimum three-month prison term or a fine not less than AED 20,000 [£4,561] and not exceeding AED100,000 [£22,805],’ it states.A Foreign Office spokesman said in a statement sent to Metro.co.uk: ‘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.
Crossley starred on Love Island five years ago, joining the show as a new contestant when Casa Amor was introduced.
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