Musicians involved in drug busts – in pictures

On Thursday Swedish police say they found a small amount of drugs (and a stun gun) on Justin Bieber's tour bus, which had been parked under the Globen concert venue in Stockholm. No one was arrested since the bus was empty at the time of the search Photograph: Tami Chappell/Reuters

George Michael leaving Brent magistrates court in London on 8 June 2007. The singer was sentenced to 100 hours of community service over 12 months and was banned for driving for two years for driving under the influence of drugs. In 2009 Michael told Simon Hattentstone that he had cut back on his spliff consumption Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

David Bowie in Los Angeles, California, in 1976, the same year he was arrested for cannabis possession Photograph: Steve Schapiro/Corbis

Paul McCartney and his wife Linda at the Grammy awards in March 1971 at the Hollywood Palladium. When McCartney flew to Tokyo in 1980 for a tour of Japan with Wings, customs officials found approximately 200g of cannabis in his luggage Photograph: Reuters

Boy George, who was arrested in New York in 2005 for suspected possession of cocaine. In his autobiography, he had detailed his struggle with heroin addiction and in 1986 had been arrested for possession of cannabis Photograph: Suki Dhanda for The Observer

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones outside Chichester magistrates court, where they were appearing accused of drug offences. Photograph: Ted West/Getty Images

Snoop Dogg has been in trouble for possession of drugs throughout his career, including run-ins with the law in 1990, 1998, 2001, 2007 and 2010. He is currently banned from Norway after he entered the country with eight grammes of cannabis and a bundle of undeclared kroner Photograph: Chris Polk/AP

Louis Armstrong, who was arrested in 1931 for possession of cannabis. The charge was later suspended Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar

Women are not especially well represented in this list. Dionne Warwick is an exception, though, having been stopped at an airport in Miami with 11 spliffs in her luggage Photograph: Dezo Hoffmann/Rex Features

American rap star Coolio was arrested in 1998 for possession of cannabis, but the charges were dropped. More recently, he was reported to have been arrested in 2009 after cocaine was found on him at Los Angeles airport Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Chuck Berry performs his 'duck walk'. In 1990, police raided his house and found 62 grams of cannabis and some pornographic tapes. He was given a suspended six-month sentence Photograph: AP

Iggy Pop of the Stooges was arrested for cannabis possession in 1976. Several of his bandmates died of drug abuse or alcoholism, but Pop managed to overcome his addictions Photograph: Yoshiko Kusano/EPA

Bob Marley was only arrested once, in London in 1977, for possession of cannabis - perhaps surprising since, as a Rastafarian, Marley was open about his use of the drug Photograph: Patrick Chauvel/Corbis