Emirati Police have arrested a British citizen (of Indian origin) for allegedly insulting security officers and airport personnel, as well as the UAE, after he missed his connecting flight from Abu Dhabi to India.

The traveller caused a scene at the Abu Dhabi International Airport after a delay of his earlier flight from Heathrow to Abu Dhabi forced him to miss his connecting flight to India, said an Abu Dhabi police statement.

Lieutenant Colonel Fares Al Bakiri from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at Abu Dhabi Police, who is heading the investigations, said the incident took place a week ago.

The statement said the enraged traveller started swearing at the airline’s employees and blocked the passengers’ queue behind him, insisting to board his connecting flight although the gate had been  closed and the aircraft was about to take off.

Lt Col Al Bakiri also added that two officers were called to the scene, where other airline’s employees and witnesses gave identical testimonies of what happened. The officers asked the passenger to sit down and be patient until they figured out how to help him. “In response to this, the passenger started swearing at the officers using obscene words, swore against the UAE, and showed arrogance as he threatened the officers that he holds a British passport,” the statement said.

However, the passenger later denied the above acts and claimed that he was swearing against himself and his bad luck, and did not mean to insult the UAE and the security personnel, the statement said. – TradeArabia News Service