Sofia Hayat, 39, who has starred Waterloo Road and in the Indian version of Big Brother, was on a week long trip when she got in trouble. She fell out with someone she claims borrowed money from her - and she threatened to out them on Instagram, she said. She thought nothing of it until she tried to get on a flight - when her passport was seized by police who put her in a cell for six hours, questioning her for a further six hours, she claims.
So instead of seeing out the rest of her trip in Dubai, she tried to go to Saudi Arabia to spend New Year's Eve with a friend. But at Dubai International Airport her passport was taken and she was held by police from 3am to 3pm, being questioned by up to five officers, she said. The cell she was in was 'freezing, dirty, and small', she said. Her phone was taken and she wasn't allowed to call anyone - but after six hours she was allowed to text a friend, she claims.