The star of the series was detained with drugs in a bar, next to a one-and-a-half-year-old child

The star of the crime series was detained for drug use in a bar, where he was with a one-and-a-half-year-old child

The final episode of Poul Anderson’s British crime saga Peaky Blinders is in jeopardy after its lead star, Paul Andersen, was busted in the middle of the day for drug use at a bar where he was dining with a friend and his child. The Daily Mail reports this.

Police were called to the pub after a customer smelled drugs from the toilet after the 48-year-old actor left. Law enforcement officers arrived at the scene and found a drunken Anderson in the company of a friend and a 17-month-old child. He was taken to the station. The actor was found with cocaine, a bag of brown powder, a pipe for smoking drugs and amphetamines. Anderson pleaded guilty and was fined £1,345.

Anderson co-starred in Peaky Blinders, a drama series about the rise of the Shelby crime family in Birmingham in the 1920s. Six seasons were filmed, the last of them in 2022. The drama has earned recognition from television viewers. The full-length film Peaky Blinders is currently being prepared for filming. As noted in the Daily Mail. The Anderson incident could have a significant impact on the release of the series’ feature-length climax. It will be difficult to abandon a key character and at the same time difficult to use Anderson for her as if nothing happened.

The actor’s lawyer, Moira McFarlane, defending Anderson, said that the actor did not use drugs, and, realizing that fans of the series from among the bar’s visitors recognized him, could not resist playing along with them. After all, his character in the film also uses drugs. At the same time, she dropped the phrase: “He found himself in a bad place and should have had the strength to say no.”