LONDON POLICE RAID ALSO LEADS TO FIREARMS CHARGES

Keith Richards and partner Anita Pallenberg were busted during a raid on his home in London’s Cheyne Walk in mid-1973. Found were drugs, a Smith and Wesson revolver and a shortened shotgun. A friend by the name of Stash was also there and charged.

In October that year, with the Rollong Stones on a European tour, the couple and saxophonist Bobby Keyes faced a French court on cannabis charges.

In their absence, all were convicted and copped fines and suspended sentences.

The London court case was heard soon after. Richards was fined on the drugs and arms charges and the charges against Pallenberg, except for the possession of 25 Mandrax tables, were dropped.

KEITH RICHARDS > HEROIN HITS

The Rolling Stones guitarist had by now formed a full-on heroin habit.

Richards and family were renting a place in the Swiss mountains near Montereaux. When a friend cleaned out the retreat home after they vacated, he allegedly found 5000 used syringes stashed around the place.

> sourced from an article by Mark Blake in Mojo magazine

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