Trigger Happy TV star Dom Joly quizzed by cops after trying to pay inspector on train with tenner ‘covered in white powder’
Comedian, who was searched for drugs and asked to leave train he was travelling on, was later released from Reading police station without charge
JOKER Dom Joly was quizzed by police after paying for a train ticket with a £10 smeared with white powder.
The Trigger Happy TV prankster was marched off the Great Western service and searched for drugs.
Dom, famed for hidden-camera practical jokes on his show, was later released at Reading station without charge and allowed to continue his trip home.
His spokeswoman said: “He has no idea where this folded-up note came from.
“It’s bizarre that it ended up in his pocket and had all this powder in it. It was very unfortunate.
“Dom is a respectable family man and it was very embarrassing for him.”
She said: “After the search, the police talked to him about where he’d got the note. They realised it was a misunderstanding.”
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Dom, 48, who is renowned for his giant mobile phone gags, said last night: “Let’s be absolutely clear, the police confirmed the contamination on the note was not from me.”
The funnyman, from Cheltenham, said: “I’d only just obtained the note in London. I agreed to a search and the police found nothing.”
British Transport Police said yesterday: “Officers were called by staff on a Great Western train at Reading to reports of a male who had tried to pay for a ticket with a £10 note which had white powder on it.
“Officers detained the male and conducted a Section 23 drug search but nothing untoward was found and he was allowed to go on his way. No arrests were made.”
A Great Western spokesman said last night: “We will continue to work with the BTP to maintain the security of our trains and station environments.”
