Pete Doherty Arrested, Fined For Doing HEROIN On Plane

GENEVA — British singer Pete Doherty was fined by Geneva police for heroin consumption during a flight from London, authorities said Monday.

The 30-year-old rocker was picked up by officers after the 1 hour, 40-minute British Airways flight landed Friday, and held for two hours, police spokesman Jean-Philippe Brandt said Monday. Doherty then paid the fine and was released.

Brandt said Doherty was tested for heroin consumption, confirming a report in the Swiss tabloid Le Matin.

But police declined to confirm the newspaper's report that Doherty was discovered by an air hostess collapsed in a toilet, with a used syringe nearby. Air staff then contacted the police, it said.

Doherty, lead singer of Babyshambles and former boyfriend of British model Kate Moss, has had well-publicized battles with drug use. He served 29 days in a London prison last year after being caught with crack cocaine, heroin, ketamine and cannabis during a probation period.

British Airways said a passenger on the flight was arrested on arrival, but that the airline was legally barred from disclosing details.

Doherty was on his way to Switzerland to present his debut solo album at a festival in the city of Neuchatel.

Brandt declined to say how much Doherty was fined.

Comments

[Tim303]

What an utter waste of space. Would that his music were impossible.

[flamenco]

wait... are you telling me that heroin is illegal on airplanes? i better leave that home next time.

[bambilashes]

This is getting to be a habbit pete I had a family member that had drug problems the hope is he'l get help before it kills him look at this photo of him he's wasted what a shame http://movies09.com/pete-doherty-in-%e2%80%9cdrugs-collapse%e2%80%9d.php

[cmarmonhalm]

This is sad...I hope he gets it together.

[StatueOfLiberal]

No talent whatsoever.

[fame]

Not true, The Libertines were a great band.

[JeremyO]

I like my rock stars to be a little messed up but this guy's incredible. He's like 10 times worse that Keith Richards was. I wish he could get functional enought to tour the US. A rock star that can't tour isn't much of a rock star at all.

[granamica]

Come on, you know it was the lighter to heat up the spoon that they missed.

[lmvd3]

This guy's been a wreck forever. He needs about six years in rehab quickly, or we all know how this story will end. What a waste of a life.

[newtonj]

C'mon: addiction is NOT like an allergy of the brain.

[GoDogGo]

This poor guy. Addiction like this is allergy of the brain and, in his extreme case, is well beyond his control. He'll likely be dead very soon.

[NoSillyName]

Some people never learn.

[chardonnay48]

Wow what a class act.

[audadvnc]

Let him go. He can afford it, and he knows the risks. They should legalize heroin.

[politicoprincess]

i'm not surprised about him and his drugs, what' i'm shocked about is him getting in on the DARN PLANE?!

[alsm9]

Ya, how DID he get on a plane with heroin and a syringe??? The last plane I took, they confiscated my toothpaste and face moisterizer!

[Eusebio]

I think people generally overestimate how difficult it is to get drugs onto a plane.

[sleek]

Airline Logic:
Toothpaste kills!
Heroin and syringes, not so much.

[Womanvoter4Obama]

He's going to kill himself. He's not going to stop. He's been in and out of rehab. I don't hold out much hope for him. Of course I hope I'm wrong. Eric Clapton had the same problem and turned it around. He said in his autobiography that he didn't want to tour America because he needed his heroin...

[NoSillyName]

EC was much more creative "before" than "after". Not a good advert for cleaning up.

This guy, who knows or cares?