{"id":30864,"date":"2024-06-07T03:58:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T07:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/emirati-authorities-say-an-ex-royal-marine-arrested-in-dubai-over-spying-suspicion-has-been-cleared\/07\/06\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T03:58:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T07:58:29","slug":"emirati-authorities-say-an-ex-royal-marine-arrested-in-dubai-over-spying-suspicion-has-been-cleared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/emirati-authorities-say-an-ex-royal-marine-arrested-in-dubai-over-spying-suspicion-has-been-cleared\/07\/06\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirati authorities say an ex-Royal Marine arrested in Dubai over spying suspicion has been cleared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A former Royal Marine who was arrested in Dubai on suspicion of spying has been cleared and is free to leave the country, authorities in the United Arab Emirates said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>U.K. media reported this week that <span class=\"caas-xray-inline-tooltip\"><span class=\"caas-xray-inline caas-xray-entity caas-xray-pill rapid-nonanchor-lt\" data-entity-id=\"Matthew_Croucher\" data-ylk=\"cid:Matthew_Croucher;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:Person;\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><a href=\"https:\/\/search.yahoo.com\/search?p=Matthew%20Croucher\" data-i13n=\"cid:Matthew_Croucher;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:Person;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matthew Croucher;cid:Matthew_Croucher;pos:1;elmt:wiki;sec:pill-inline-entity;elm:pill-inline-text;itc:1;cat:Person;\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Matthew Croucher<\/a><\/span><\/span>, who won one of Britain\u2019s highest bravery honors for his service in Afghanistan, had been arrested in November and banned from leaving the UAE pending an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>His family said in a statement that the case was \u201cmade up and ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Dubai said Friday that Croucher had been \u201carrested after accessing a public facility using illegal means of technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe case was referred to the Dubai Public Prosecution, and after thorough investigation, the evidence was found to be inadequate. The case was dismissed and Croucher is now free to leave the UAE,\u201d said the Dubai Media Office, a government agency in the sheikhdom. \u201cThe decision highlights the Dubai Public Prosecution\u2019s commitment to upholding the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The British government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Croucher, 40, was awarded the George Cross \u2014 which alongside the Victoria Cross ranks as Britain\u2019s top honor for bravery \u2014 for throwing himself on a grenade in Afghanistan to protect his comrades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/emirati-authorities-ex-royal-marine-074750254.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Royal Marine who was arrested in Dubai on suspicion of spying has been cleared and is free to leave the<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/emirati-authorities-say-an-ex-royal-marine-arrested-in-dubai-over-spying-suspicion-has-been-cleared\/07\/06\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}