Drug suspect arrest of former X Factor judge

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.

They were later released on police bail.

The arrests came 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 journalist 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 concerned win the supply of class A drugs.

Contostavlos’s spokesman declined to comment on the development.

Contostavlos was officially dropped as a judge on The X Factor just days ago, with Sharon Osbourne returning to the show in her place.

The star – whose debut solo album made it to only number 35 in the charts – won an apology last year from a former boyfriend who leaked footage on to the internet of the two of them performing a sex act.

A Met Police spokesman said two residential properties were searched as part of the investigation.

He said the pair had been bailed to a date in July.