Pete held after easyJet alert

Freed: Doherty was travelling to Barcelona
Anne Campbell|Metro11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Pete Doherty was detained at Barcelona Airport yesterday after a syringe was found in a plane toilet.

He and four friends were held after the captain of the easyJet flight they were on radioed police asking them to meet it.

An airline spokeswoman said the cabin crew became suspicious after noticing Doherty had spent a long time in the onboard toilet. When they searched it they found a syringe hidden in a bin and covered in blood, the spokeswoman added.

Aviation regulations require passengers to inform an airline if they are carrying a syringe for medical reasons and Doherty failed to do so, easyJet said.

Doherty and his fellow band members have now been banned from flying easyJet, the spokeswoman for the airline said.

She added: 'During the flight our cabin crew became suspicious of a passenger who spent a lot of time in the toilet.

'When he came out they saw it was Pete Doherty.

'Members of the cabin crew then entered the toilet and found a syringe hidden in a bin, covered in blood.

'When questioned, Pete Doherty became agitated and aggressive. The cabin crew informed the captain, who called ahead and asked police in Barcelona to meet the flight on arrival.'

The spokeswoman added: 'When the police came on board, a member of the party went into the toilet with a bag and came out without it.

'The police would not allow anybody to leave the aircraft until every piece of hand luggage had been identified.

'Unfortunately, members of the Doherty party began throwing their bags around and would not identify which bags were which.

'They were not being cooperative with the police and they did not seem to be taking the situation seriously.'

A Guardia Civil spokesman confirmed Doherty and four friends were released with no further action.

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