{"id":3767,"date":"2026-05-28T02:29:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/katie-price-confirms-lee-andrews-has-been-found-as-spying-arrest-claims-debunked\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T02:29:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:29:55","slug":"katie-price-confirms-lee-andrews-has-been-found-as-spying-arrest-claims-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/katie-price-confirms-lee-andrews-has-been-found-as-spying-arrest-claims-debunked\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Price confirms Lee Andrews has been found as spying arrest claims &#8216;debunked&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_1cf1db\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">After two long weeks, Katie Price has found her missing husband Lee Andrews in what she has called a &#8216;very rushed&#8217; conversation over the phone with him while the pair remain apart<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<div class=\"Byline_author-and-badge-wrapper__2dsv1\">\n<p><span><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_1cf1db\">Rachel Vickers-Price<\/strong> UK and World News Reporter<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37214045\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lee Andrews and Katie Price\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37214045.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Screenshot-2026-04-07-at-072724.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37214045.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_Screenshot-2026-04-07-at-072724.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37214045.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_Screenshot-2026-04-07-at-072724.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37214045.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_Screenshot-2026-04-07-at-072724.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Lee Andrews and Katie Price\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Lee Andrews and Katie Price<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Katie Price has finally located her missing husband Lee Andrews, speaking to him for two minutes on the phone as he called from <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/katie-price-lee-andrews-prison-37213982\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">a notorious Dubai prison.<\/a> <!-- -->The Dubai-based businessman, 43, who became the subject of an international manhunt over the past two weeks, now claims that he was <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/katie-prices-husband-lee-andrews-37180958\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">detained by authorities<\/a> in Dubai on suspicion of spying. <!-- -->Espionage is one of the most serious crimes one can be charged with in the United Arab Emirates.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Price, 48, told the Sun she spoke to Lee for a matter of minutes this morning. She managed to get Lee on the phone after after his dad put a very relieved Katie in touch with her vanished husband. Price said the <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/katie-prices-friends-fear-star-37214085\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">call came from Dubai\u2019s Al Awir jail<\/a>, adding: &#8220;I have found him. He is alive, and he is OK. I told him how worried I had been and told him I loved him.\u201c<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37212820\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37212820\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.47\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Katie Price and Lee Andrews\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37212820.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Screenshot-2026-05-23-at-184155JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37212820.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Screenshot-2026-05-23-at-184155JPG.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37212820.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Screenshot-2026-05-23-at-184155JPG.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37212820.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Screenshot-2026-05-23-at-184155JPG.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Katie revealed on Wednesday that she had spoken to her husband - almost a fortnight after he vanished\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Katie revealed on Wednesday that she had spoken to her husband &#8211; almost a fortnight after he vanished<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It was very rushed, but he said the authorities out there thought he was a spy. I don\u2019t know much more than that right now.\u201d <!-- -->Katie\u2019s contact with her husband came after his dad, Peter, texted her to confirm he had found his son. The welcome update comes after Katie raised the alarm on May 13, telling fans her husband had been restrained, thrown in a van, and taken to a \u201cblack site\u201d after being \u201carrested\u201d. <!-- -->The Sun reports, however, that Lee was arrested on May 14. According to new reports, Andrews was not, in fact, been detained in relation to espionage charges, but had been arrested regarding a private civil matter. Lee is apparently set for release on Monday from<a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/lee-andrews-al-awir-prison-37212040\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"> the notorious &#8216;Dubai Alcatraz&#8217; Al Awir prison,<\/a> so long as a four-figure fine is paid to secure his freedom.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37212059\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37212059\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lee has been found, languishing in a Dubai prison\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37212059.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Screenshot-2026-03-28-at-082511jpeg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37212059.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Screenshot-2026-03-28-at-082511jpeg.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37212059.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Screenshot-2026-03-28-at-082511jpeg.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37212059.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Screenshot-2026-03-28-at-082511jpeg.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Lee has been found\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Lee has been found<cite aria-label=\"Image: INSTAGRAM\/wesleeeandrews\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: INSTAGRAM\/wesleeeandrews)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Lee&#8217;s spying claims are not the first time that<a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/lee-andrews-missing-ex-karma-37201210\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\"> the British conman<\/a> has flirted with the idea of being a secret agent. He once reposted an <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/instagram\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Instagram<\/a> post suggesting he should be the next James Bond. He also appeared in a 2016 video on his <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/youtube\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">YouTube<\/a> channel where he pretended to be a secret agent, entitled &#8216;Charity TV show: The Agent&#8217;. <!-- -->A comment under the clip explains: \u201cFeaturing billionaire defense (sic) contractor H.E Weslee Peter John Andrews.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Last week, Katie revealed she was stepping back from efforts to find Lee, saying she was \u201cgiving up the search\u201d after removing a social media update about his disappearance.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37212802\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37212802\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Katie Price and Lee Andrews\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37212802.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Katte-Price.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37212802.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Katte-Price.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37212802.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Katte-Price.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37212802.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Katte-Price.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Katie Price and Lee Andrews\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Katie Price and Lee Andrews<cite aria-label=\"Image: @wesleeeandrews\/Instagram\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: @wesleeeandrews\/Instagram)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking on her podcast, The <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/katie-price\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Katie Price<\/a> Show, the model said she was now leaving the matter in the hands of authorities. <!-- -->\u201cThere\u2019s nothing more I can do or say,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m staying quiet because it\u2019s getting ridiculous now, with people making a joke out of everything.\u201d <!-- -->She said the investigation was being handled by multiple agencies, including British police, the British Consulate, the Foreign Office and Interpol. <!-- -->\u201cThey\u2019re all looking for Lee,\u201d she said. \u201cAll I can do is carry on with my life. I\u2019ve got lots of exciting things coming up and I\u2019m just waiting for a call. What am I meant to do \u2013 sit here crying, doing nothing and staying in bed? For my own sanity, I\u2019m taking a step back.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37208491\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37208491\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Katie Price and Lee Andrews\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37208491.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/6_Katie-Price.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37208491.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/6_Katie-Price.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37208491.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/6_Katie-Price.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37208491.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/6_Katie-Price.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Katie and her husband in happier times\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Katie and her husband in happier times<cite aria-label=\"Image: @mistraesthetics\/Instagram\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: @mistraesthetics\/Instagram)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, the mystery deepened last weekend when Lee\u2019s father, Peter, told the Daily Mail that his son was safe but had been detained in Dubai. He said:\u201cLee is OK. He has not been kidnapped but is under arrest. I don\u2019t know what the charge is and I\u2019m not sure where he is being held.\u201d <!-- -->Katie fired back, disputing his dad&#8217;s claims and insisted that Lee was still missing. She wrote: \u201cThis is fake news. Lee is still missing. His family and I know what is going on and are working closely with the authorities.\u201d <!-- -->Concern over Lee\u2019s whereabouts first emerged earlier this month when he failed to return to the UK for a scheduled appearance on <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/good-morning-britain\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Good Morning Britain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/lee-andrews-katie-price-found-37214423\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After two long weeks, Katie Price has found her missing husband Lee Andrews in what<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Screenshot-2026-04-07-at-072724.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}