David Haye was arrested at Dubai airport and held in a police cell over a £341,000 bounced cheque, it has been reported.
Former two-weight world champion Haye, 34, was stopped by officials on his arrival at Dubai International Airport and accused of fraud by writing a cheque as payment for a new property which bounced.
The boxer, who has not fought since he defeated Dereck Chisora in July 2012, also handed over his passport to authorities, and has been unable to leave the United Arab Emirates – forcing him to miss a mixed martial arts event in Birmingham at the weekend.
The cheque, worth 1.8million Emirati Dirham, was intended as a final payment on a newly-built property, as part of a deal with developers Emaar, which is part-owned by the Dubai government.
Haye has said the ‘bounced’ cheque was down to an administrative error.
