A Royal Marine who won the George Cross for bravery in Afghanistan, Matt Croucher, has been held in Dubai after being accused of spying.
A George Cross recipient honoured for his service in Afghanistan has reportedly been detained in Dubai after being accused of spying., was arrested in the United Arab Emirates in November and had his passport seized.
Remarkably Mr Croucher survived the incident in Sangin, Afghanistan, after his body armour repelled the force of the blast. No further details about his arrest were known. Now working as a security consultant, he was forced to sleep on the floor of an overcrowded prison, surviving on a diet of chicken and rice, his family told the newspaper.His relatives said they had been kept in the dark about his imprisonment, causing them "immense stress", and said the allegations were "fabricated and absurd", the Mirror reports.
Dubai officials reportedly obtained a warrant for his accommodation in the UAE, seizing an electronic device.After being detained in jail for four days, he was subsequently released but put under ongoing investigation, with his passport and access to his bank account seized.
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