Singer Pete Doherty detained in Paris amid drug sale claims

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Former Libertines and Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty has been arrested in Paris for buying cocaine, French authorities have said.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said the 40-year old was placed in detention during the night after being stopped by police during a drugs transaction.

Pete Doherty
The star rose to fame in the noughties with the Libertines (Anthony Devlin/PA)

Since rising to fame in the noughties, Doherty, the former boyfriend of model Kate Moss, has been repeatedly arrested for drug offences.

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