According to recently released secret police files, Mick Jagger claimed that police tried to plant heroin on him during a drugs bust back in 1969. His allegations followed a drug raid on his home in Chelsea by a local drugs squad, when cannabis was found on the premises. The files show that Jagger made the claims weeks after the incident, saying that the officer in charge of the operation, Detective Sergeant Robin Constable, tried to plant a 'white powder' in a piece of folded paper which he produced from a box that was in the house. Jagger said: "I think he put the box down and opened the folded paper. He said 'Ah, ah, 'we won't have to look much further'. As I got to him he showed me the paper and I saw it contained some white powder." He went on to suggest that the policeman attempted to solicit a bribe. Jagger was later found guilty, fined £200 and ordered to pay costs of 50 guineas.
Scotland Yard dismissed his claims, describing Constable as a "hard working and competent police officer" and said "Michael Jagger is an intelligent young man, and doubtless is on the fringe, if not embroiled in the world of users of dangerous drugs."