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Norway Fines Winehouse for Pot Possession

Troubled singer back on tour after arrest, overnight jail stay

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 19, 2007 11:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – Amy Winehouse was busted with 7 grams of marijuana in her hotel room, but the Norwegian police didn't make the addled chanteuse go to rehab—they just held her overnight, fined her $714, and released her this morning, the BBC reports. "She's paid the fine, so this thing is over for us now," said the prosecutor.

Winehouse and her husband were arrested after police received a tip. People reports that the same sweep picked up the creator of her hairpieces; all were charged with drug offenses rather than tonsorial transgressions. The singer is on the European leg of her world tour, which next moves on to the Netherlands, where she can presumably restock.

British singer Amy Winehouse poses for photographs after being interviewed by the Associated Press at a studio in north London,  in this Friday Feb. 16, 2007.  British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse was arrested in Norway for drug possession and held in custody overnight, a police official said Friday Oct. 19, 2007....
British singer Amy Winehouse poses for photographs after being interviewed by the Associated Press at a studio in north London, in this Friday Feb. 16, 2007. British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse...   (Associated Press)
Amy Winehouse performs at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007.  (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
Amy Winehouse performs at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)   (Associated Press)
A tour bus waits in front of the SAS Radisson Hotel Norge in Bergen, western Norway, Friday Oct. 19, 2007 .  British singer-songwriter  Amy Winehouse was arrested in the hotel late Thursday night and charged with possession of marijuana. She was fined and released Friday morning, in time for her planned...
A tour bus waits in front of the SAS Radisson "Hotel Norge" in Bergen, western Norway, Friday Oct. 19, 2007 . British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse was arrested in the hotel late Thursday night and...   (Associated Press)
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