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UAE arrests Iranians suspected of kidnapping Briton in Dubai

By REUTERS

JANUARY 9, 2014 16:51

DUBAI - Security forces in the United Arab Emirates have detained three Iranians suspected of kidnapping a British-Iranian businessman who went missing in Dubai in June, the Dubai government said on Thursday.

Britain's Foreign Office said in August it was in touch with the Dubai and Iranian governments over the case of Abbas Yazdi, who went missing in June in Dubai. His wife had told a UAE newspaper that he may have been kidnapped by "elements in Iran".

The Dubai government press office said that the state security service arrested the three on suspicion of kidnapping Yazdi, a 44-year-old businessman who owns a general trading company in the Gulf Arab emirate.

"The security apparatus identified the group members and ... was able to uncover the method they had used to kidnap the suspect," the statement said.

It quoted Dhahi Khalfan, Dubai's deputy chairman of police and general security, as saying that the three were about to dispose of some personal effects of Yazdi that had been under surveillance when they were arrested.

The three were being questioned to find out the whereabouts of Yazdi, it said.

Yazdi went missing on June 25 and his wife, Atena, told the 7Days newspaper that she feared he may have been kidnapped by Iranian intelligence officers.

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