Amy Spends Night in Cells in Norway Over Drugs

Oct 19, 06:01 PM

Current Headlines: By AMAR SINGH

AMY WINEHOUSE and her husband spent the night in police cells after being arrested for drug possession in Norway.

Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil were released this morning and fined about Pounds 350 each for having marijuana.

Police swooped on the couple at about 7pm last night at the Radisson SAS Hotel Norge Bergen.

Both were quizzed in the early hours and locked up in separate cells at a police station. They were released at 7am today. Another man was also arrested.

Bergen police confirmed today that they confiscated a quantity of marijuana found in the singers room. A spokeswoman said: She is no longer at the station. We released her after questioning.Police confirmed that the unnamed 25-year-old man was also fined after being in the room and paid a smaller fine today. Norwegian prosecutor Lars Morten Loth confirmed all three were released. They were found with seven grams of marijuana, he said. Shes paid the fine, so this thing is over for us now.Hotel staff alerted police after smelling marijuana smoke emanating from the singers room yesterday as she enjoyed a day off from her European tour.

Winehouse, 24, will still perform as planned at the Peer Gynt venue in Bergen tonight, her spokesman Shane ONeill said.

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