Pete Doherty, the troubled former boyfriend of supermodel Kate Moss, has been charged with possession of crack cocaine and heroin, British police said Tuesday.
The charges relate to two separate incidents in east London in December and January, police said in a statement.
Police said in both arrests the 26-year-old Babyshambles frontman had heroin, crack cocaine and marijuana in his possession. He is to appear in court Thursday to answer the charges, police said.
In February, Doherty was sentenced to 12 months of community service for possessing drugs. The judge, Ann McLaughlin, warned Doherty then that if he broke the drug rehabilitation requirement of his community order, he would be brought back before the court and might go to jail.
McLaughlin ordered Doherty — who first shot to fame as a member of the group The Libertines — to submit to a drug test each month. The new charges — seven counts in all — relate to incidents when Doherty was stopped on Dec. 18 and Jan. 14.
The maximum sentence for possession of Class A drugs such as heroin and cocaine is seven years in prison.