Katie Price's husband Lee Andrews has been missing in Dubai since last Wednesday, but former police officer and investigator Mark Williams-Thomas has questioned the kidnap claims, suggesting Lee is 'playing a ridiculous game'Rachel Vickers-Price UK and World News Reporter, Jasmine Allday Assistant TV and Showbiz Editor and Rory Gannon Showbiz Journalist01:59, 21 May 2026Katie Price’s husband Lee Andrews spent the weeks leading up to his disappearance spreading far-fetched stories about himself to anyone who would listen, an insider has claimed, suggesting that he may have been crafting a narrative before his odd vanishing act.‌The Dubai-based businessman had recently spent weeks bragging that he was an international arms dealer, according to reports.‌A source told The Sun : “Lee said he had many jobs, one being an international arms dealer. He seemed really proud of it.‌“He boasted repeatedly to anyone who cared to listen that he worked with ­dangerous people. He bragged about it, and then he gets kidnapped."The timing of it all raised eyebrows for the insider, who cast doubt Andrews' kidnapping tale. They added: “It’s almost as if he’s been writing a storyline.”‌It would seem the insider isn't the only one questioning the validity of the Lee Andrews tale.Another report from The Sun claimed that Lee's Whatsapp status reveals that he was last online on Saturday, May 16, at 17:56 - days after being 'kidnapped'. An insider said: “Three days after he was ‘taken’ he was using his phone. It doesn’t add up.”Lee's story has also now been questioned by a former police officer and investigator.‌Investigative journalist Mark Williams-Thomas, who offers expert analysis on some of Britain's most prominent missing persons cases including the heartbreaking deaths of Jay Slater and Nicola Bulley, has weighed in on the unfolding situation. This follows after former glamour model Katie revealed her final communication with him occurred on Wednesday evening (May 13), almost a week ago.She said: "Lee was trying to get through the border at Hatta, this is so discombobulating, his location went off at 10.03pm on Wednesday night, that's the last contact anyone has had − his family and myself.‌"Obviously, he phoned me before the location went off, he's in the middle of nowhere. I'm worried like 'what the hell's happened?' Then Thursday's come, my messages aren't going through. It was just one tick."However, it appears Mr Williams-Thomas remains unconvinced by significant elements of Lee's account, according to the Mirror. He said: " Katie Price says she spoke to him on Wednesday, and shortly after 10 o'clock he was in the back of a van. He says they're coming back.", reports the Daily Star."He had a hood over his head, his hands were tied, not by handcuffs, but he had managed to make a FaceTime call to her and didn't tell her to phone the police. And he himself didn't phone the police and didn't give any more information.‌"And since then, apparently his phone has gone dead, although he has, or someone has, managed to go onto his social media and delete some informational posts that are on there. So that's slightly strange, isn't it?"Mark questioned whether the alleged abduction had been reported to authorities and what action was being taken. "Has this matter been reported to Dubai police? And in which case, given the information that Katie Price is saying, they'd be treating it as really serious, wouldn't they? If it's a potential kidnap," he added.Article continues belowMark also accused Lee of "playing some ridiculous game" and believes the situation is far more straightforward than an abduction. Speaking on TikTok, the investigative journalist said: "Well, has he been abducted? What's the story behind it?"The newspaper says that he's not being kidnapped, he's in hiding, he's ghosting Katie Price and has been doing so for the past six days. It's got to a situation now whereby, you know, I don't think anyone believes Lee Andrews has been abducted or kidnapped in any way at all."He's obviously playing some ridiculous game, but it's attracted the media, and it will no doubt unfold more over the forthcoming days. Clearly this is a man who's got some serious issues."