"A search of the man revealed what was believed to be controlled
substances."

"It's my own stupid fault, as usual," Michael said in a statement. "I was in possession of class C drugs, which is an offence, and I have no complaints about the police, who were professional throughout."

He added that he was tested by a police doctor who determined that Michael was capable of driving himself home. In fact, he was given a lift by a duty solicitor because his car was accidentally immobilised by police.

He has been bailed to return to a police station in late March pending a police investigation.

Michael has sold more than 80 million records throughout his career and enjoyed as much fame as a solo artist as he did as frontman of the band Wham!.

According to reports, officers also found a stash of pornographic material,
sex toys and sex masks in the boot of the vehicle.
This is not Michael's first public brush with the law.
In 1998, he was arrested in Los Angeles for lewd conduct after indecently
exposing himself to an undercover police officer in a public toilet.

His conviction for lewd conduct resulted in a $450 fine and 80 hours community service.

It also forced Michael to admit he was gay, something he had refused to be drawn on in the past

Once he put his sexuality in the public domain he became vocal about gay issues, speaking publicly about the death of his partner Aselmo to Aids in the early 1990s reports BBC news