Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.comSee more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy LAURA FOX, ASSOCIATE SHOWBUSINESS EDITOR Published: 17:11 BST, 16 June 2026 | Updated: 17:17 BST, 16 June 2026
Lee Andrews has returned to Instagram for the first time since he was released from a Dubai prison.The businessman was thrown behind bars in Al Awir Central Prison in Dubai on fraud allegations last month, with his wife Katie Price since sharing that a six-figure sum needed to be paid for his release.On Friday, Katie then shared that Lee has been released, and he has now posted his first video.Despite mounting evidence that fraud was the cause for his arrest, Lee insisted that he was imprisoned on suspicion of espionage.The conman shamelessly sported the Just Released tagline on his post, and even added an AI-generated head of hair to the clip. He said: 'Hi everyone this is Lee I've been missing now for several weeks and I can now tell you I am now safe and healthy and with my wife. Lee Andrews has returned to Instagram for the first time since he was released from a Dubai prison, sporting an AI-generated head of hair'I was taken by the Qatar border by the men, at gunpoint and was captured by men with assault rifles, they did slap me round a little bit, little s***s.''From there I was taken to a black site where I had no use of my phone and from what I know it was an extended arm of the national guard and that is all I can reveal at the moment, I have signed disclaimers with state security and from there I was put into the system'At no point have I faced anything to do with fraud allegations or criminal activities.'So I'm sending these messages out to my loved ones and my beautiful wife, who without her help involving all the UK authorities, I don't think I would have got out of that situation.'Because of the tensions and things happening in the region, and me being so close to the border, this is why I was suspected of espionage and held in a state security building without the use of a telephone or any rights to a shower, contact or to speak to any of my family including the embassy or my wife.'So, thank you to Katie for making such a noise, where the UAE actually listened and let me go.'From there, I did have a civil case in Dubai which led to me going into the mainstream prison during the Arabic holidays, Eid.'I was able to secure my release and I am here now, so thank you everyone for listening and love and blessings to everyone.'
