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Pete Doherty arrested on drugs charges

Pete Doherty
singer with the babyshambles

Pete Doherty singer with the babyshambles

The star is apprehended after his car is stopped

Pete Doherty has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a Class A drug.

The Babyshambles frontman was stopped in a car by police officers in High Street Kensington, west London, on Saturday evening (May 5).

Doherty, who has appeared in court on a number of drugs charges in tn the last year, was taken to a police station and remanded on bail until June, reports the BBC.

On his most recent court apperance, the star was praised by a judge for "more than co-operating" in his struggle to beat his addiction to hard substances.

He was ordered to take part in a treatment programme after admitting drug possession charges in April 2006.

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