Spanish pilot left traumatised after CID abduction from Dubai Expo

A Spanish pilot has spoken about his traumatic experience after being detained in Dubai when visiting the World Expo

Santi Blánquez was visiting Dubai Expo when he was inexplicably marched into a car, blindfolded and taken to a national security prison where he was interrogated and forced to sign a document in Arabic without a translator.

Dubai’s CID police reviewed his phone, surveilled his aviation photography and again, without explanation, blindfolded Santi and drove him to the outskirts of a city where they abandoned him. The young pilot has taken to Twitter to warn people to avoid the UAE.