Former UK X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos arrested over alleged role in drug deal

Mike Gallagher

Jun 4, 2013 - 17:52

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Former UK X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos arrested over alleged role in drug deal

Singer and former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos has been arrested over the alleged supply of class A drugs. The 24-year-old was accused by a newspaper of introducing a reporter of theirs to a drug dealer at a central London hotel. Picture: Stuart Wil

TULISA Contostavlos, a former judge on the UK's X Factor, has been arrested on suspicion of supplying class A drugs, sources say.

The 24-year-old singer, who found fame with N-Dubz, was arrested along with a 35-year-old man by appointment at a central London police station and they both remain in custody.

The arrests come after the Metropolitan Police said its officers were "considering" information after a newspaper suggested Contostavlos had acted as a go-between in a drug deal by introducing a joualist to an alleged supplier.

The Sun On Sunday reported that half an ounce of cocaine changed hands as a result of the deal conducted at London's Dorchester Hotel.

A Met Police spokesman said today: "Officers from Westminster have today, Tuesday June 4, arrested two people - a 35 year-old man and a 24-year-old woman - by appointment at a central London police station on suspicion of being conceed win the supply of class A drugs.

"They remain in custody at a central London police station."

Contostavlos' spokesman declined to comment.