Rollers singer held in drug probe
The lead singer of the hugely successful 70s Scottish pop group the Bay City Rollers has been arrested on suspicion of supplying cocaine, it emerged today.
Les McKeown, 49, was detained by police in Dalston, east London, on Wednesday on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs and possessing a Class A drug.
The singer, who shot to fame with hits such as Bye Bye Baby and Shang-A-Lang, was bailed to return to an East London police station in July.
It follows the arrest of former Rollers guitarist Pat McGlynn, 47, from Liberton Brae, Edinburgh, and three other men last month.
They were held after officers from Scotland Yard's Middle Market Drugs Project staged a swoop in the car park of the Marriott Hotel, close to junction 26 on the M25 in Essex.
Two addresses in London and two in Edinburgh were also searched as part of the operation.
McGlynn and the three others have been charged with with supplying cocaine. They appeared at Harlow Magistrates Court last month.
The other three men charged were Jason Abbott, 33, an engineer, of Hamilton Avenue, Barkingside; Raymond Burt 47, an auctioneer, of Sexton Court, Newport Avenue, London, and Alistair Murray, 36, a senior financial systems analyst, of Somerset Place, Edinburgh.
Burt was also charged with possessing amphetamine.
The Middle Market Drugs Project was set up in November to tackle the supply of Class A drugs and is made up of officers from the Metropolitan Police Service, Customs, City of London Police and the National Criminal Intelligence Service.
