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Troubled rocker Pete Doherty arrested for 'taking drugs on plane'
08th June 2009
Pete Doherty was arrested after he was allegedly caught taking d**gs on a plane.
The singer was detained at an airport in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday after he was found slumped in a bathroom on board a British Airways plane.
He was believed to be intoxicated and was taken back to his seat, but flight staff alerted police when a hypodermic needle was later found on the plane, which they wrapped in tissue.
D**g arrest: Pete Doherty performs at the Neuchatel music festival in Switzerland just days before he was detained by police after allegedly taking drugs on a plane
One passenger said: ‘A few people on the plane recognised Pete and he went to the bathroom more than halfway into the flight.
‘He had been in there for about 25 minutes when the announcement came over the tannoy for the crew to prepare the flight for landing.
‘The crew knocked on the door but Pete didn’t come out. They eventually managed to get in 10 minutes before the plane landed.’
A British Airways spokesman said: ‘Swiss police met BA730 from Heathrow to Geneva on Friday and a man was arrested.’
A Geneva police spokesman added: ‘We were contacted by the captain of a BA flight and a passenger was controlled by police.
‘He was charged — but I cannot say what with. He paid a fine and was allowed to go.’
Doherty, 30, who has been battling d**g addictions for several years, later that evening performed at the Neuchatel Open Air Festival.
The Babyshambles frontman then travelled back to London on Saturday and played a gig at Camden’s Underworld club in north London that night as part of the Camden Rocks festival.
Fellow Libertines star Carl Barat also performed at the event and took to the stage at the Monarch pub at 11.15pm while celebrating his 31st birthday.
But scores of fans were left stuck outside the venue after its capacity was reached a couple of hours before and were eventually moved on by police and organisers.
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08th June 2009
Pete Doherty was arrested after he was allegedly caught taking d**gs on a plane.
The singer was detained at an airport in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday after he was found slumped in a bathroom on board a British Airways plane.
He was believed to be intoxicated and was taken back to his seat, but flight staff alerted police when a hypodermic needle was later found on the plane, which they wrapped in tissue.
D**g arrest: Pete Doherty performs at the Neuchatel music festival in Switzerland just days before he was detained by police after allegedly taking drugs on a plane
One passenger said: ‘A few people on the plane recognised Pete and he went to the bathroom more than halfway into the flight.
‘He had been in there for about 25 minutes when the announcement came over the tannoy for the crew to prepare the flight for landing.
‘The crew knocked on the door but Pete didn’t come out. They eventually managed to get in 10 minutes before the plane landed.’
A British Airways spokesman said: ‘Swiss police met BA730 from Heathrow to Geneva on Friday and a man was arrested.’
A Geneva police spokesman added: ‘We were contacted by the captain of a BA flight and a passenger was controlled by police.
‘He was charged — but I cannot say what with. He paid a fine and was allowed to go.’
Doherty, 30, who has been battling d**g addictions for several years, later that evening performed at the Neuchatel Open Air Festival.
The Babyshambles frontman then travelled back to London on Saturday and played a gig at Camden’s Underworld club in north London that night as part of the Camden Rocks festival.
Fellow Libertines star Carl Barat also performed at the event and took to the stage at the Monarch pub at 11.15pm while celebrating his 31st birthday.
But scores of fans were left stuck outside the venue after its capacity was reached a couple of hours before and were eventually moved on by police and organisers.
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