Doherty arrested in drugs bust

• 8th Jun 2009

PETE DOHERTY was arrested this weekend after he allegedly injected drugs on a Britsh Airways flight from London to Geneva, Switzerland on Friday (05 June 2009). He was on his way there to perform at a solo show at the Festi ’Neuch festival in Switzerland.

The 30 year old Babyshambles star, who has been battling addictions to heroin and crack cocaine for more than five years, was arrested on arrival in Switzerland when staff allegedly found the star slumped in the aircraft's lavatory with a hypodermic needle.

A police spokesman said: “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 went on to play a gig at Camden Underworld on Saturday (June 6) as part of the Camden Rocks festival.