Police raid Tulisa's mansion as she and rapper friend are arrested after she was 'caught fixing £800 cocaine deal in newspaper sting' ...

Bailed: Former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos (left, pictured last week in Marbella) was arrested with her 35-year-old friend, rapper Mike GLC (right, pictured today), by appointment at a central London police station..

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Tulisa Contostavlos was today arrested on suspicion of supplying class A drugs.

The 24-year-old former X Factor judge was arrested along with her 35-year-old friend, rapper Mike GLC, by appointment at a central London police station and later bailed pending further inquiries.

It comes after police officers were said to be 'considering' information after a newspaper suggested she had acted as a go-between in a drug deal by introducing a journalist to an alleged supplier.

Beautiful property: Police removed two bags of evidence from the multi-million Hertfordshire home of Tulisa...

Photographed: Mike GLC, who was arrested along with former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos today on suspicion of supplying class A drugs, stands outside Belgravia Police Station in central London...

Arrests: Former X Factor judge Tulisa has been arrested on suspicion of supplying class A drugs after a newspaper sting. She is pictured with rapper Mike GLC who allegedly sold £800 of cocaine to a reporter...

Outside Belgravia Police Station tonight, Mike GLC said the pair were innocent and denied he was a drug dealer, adding: 'We are innocent. We haven't been charged.'

He added that any evidence caught on camera had been 'taken out of context' and the duo were 'set up', saying: 'Anyone can edit or chop things together on video.

'The truth will come out in the end. I don't want to go into much more detail. I am going home to be with my family. This is ruining my life. I am not a drug dealer. I have never sold drugs in my life.'

A report on Sunday claimed Tulisa, who found fame with the band N-Dubz, allegedly boasted to a tabloid reporter about her links to drugs and claimed to be able to get hold of 'whatever you want'.

During one meeting, Tulisa allegedly said: 'Half my phone book sells it. Of course I can get it for you. Half the guys I know are drug dealers.'

Return: Tulisa arrived back at her home at 6.30pm tonight in a black Chrysler with blacked-out windows, and was driven straight into a garage, so she could not be seen. Her PA Gareth Varey is pictured running behind it...

Gathering evidence: Detectives arrive at Tulisa's £6million mansion to conduct a search after her arrest...

The Sun reported that her friend, Mike GLC, then allegedly sold half an ounce of cocaine worth around £800 to a reporter at the Dorchester Hotel in central London as a result of the deal.

Her £6million mansion was searched by detectives who arrived at the property with evidence bags and a search book. The Metropolitan Police confirmed searches were completed at two addresses.

Driving an unmarked Ford Mondeo, officers had earlier been let into the gated property by Tulisa's personal assistant, Gareth Varey, who refused to comment on Tulisa's arrest.

Asked if he had anything to say, Mr Varey, dressed casually in camouflage shorts and a white t-shirt, shrugged his shoulders and ran back inside. Detectives in plain clothes spent just over an hour at her home this afternoon before leaving with a large brown paper bag and a large clear bag.

Tulisa arrived back at her home at 6.30pm tonight in a black Chrysler with blacked-out windows, and was driven straight into a garage, so she could not be seen.

Searches: Detectives in plain clothes spent just over an hour at Tulisa's home this afternoon before leaving with a large brown paper bag and a large clear bag...

The singer's £100,000 Audi R8 sports car has remained outside the house in Hertfordshire since Sunday and her entourage has had at least six boxes of pizza delivered to the property.

Tulisa's cousin and N-Dubz band-mate Dappy arrived on Sunday, hiding in the back of a Volkswagen. Soon afterwards, police visited Tulisa's home to briefly speak to Mr Varey and a female friend.

A Met Police spokesman said today: 'Officers from Westminster have today 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 in the supply of Class A drugs.

'Both have now been bailed pending further inquiries to a date in late July. Searches have been completed at two residential addresses.'

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

In a tweet confirming the decision, she said: 'Just wanted to let you all know that I won't be part of the X Factor panel this year.

'I've had a great time on the show, but this year it's time to do something different. I'd like to thank everyone on The X Factor for two amazing years. Stay tuned as I have a very exciting announcement soon.'

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

Culled from The Daily Mail UK...

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