The piece of news about George arrest occured in London last night because suspected of being in possession of class C drugs, is fairly well documented by now. The arrest was followed by a press release by George which main extracts are below:
Press release (partial)
I was in possession of class C drugs which is an offense and I have no complaints about the police who were professional throughout.
I have been through enough in 24 years of dealing with the media to know what I am in for from them this week. Much of it will be inaccurate or simply untrue. I can handle that, it is my own stupid fault, as usual.
The only thing I care about is that people know that I was properly tested by the police doctor on Saterday night, who started to the officers present that I was not impaired in any way and should be immobilised my car when they parked it. The duty solicitor very kindly gave me a lift home.
I won't make a record out of this one - even through it is tempting.