Ex-justice minister faces one count of possessing a Class A drug and three counts of possessing a Class B drug.
LONDON — Ex-Conservative MP Crispin Blunt was charged Wednesday with four drug offenses.
Blunt, who served as MP for Reigate in Surrey between 1997 and 2024, faces one count of possessing a Class A drug — methylamphetamine — and three counts of possessing a Class B drug — GBL, cannabis and amphetamine.
Malcolm McHaffie, who leads the Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) Special Crime Division, said in a statement: “Our prosecutors have worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring this case to court and that it is in the public interest to pursue criminal proceedings.”
He said the CPS had worked closely with Surrey Police and “remind all concerned that criminal proceedings against this defendant are active and that he has the right to a fair trial.”
The charges followed police attendance at Blunt’s home in the Surrey town of Horley in October 2023, “which was in relation to a separate matter,” the CPS said.
Blunt lost the Tory whip that month after being arrested on suspicion of rape and served the remainder of his term in parliament as an independent. That investigation was dropped in May 2025 after Surrey Police said there was “insufficient evidence to proceed” and “no further action would be taken.”
At the time, the force confirmed Blunt would remain under investigation “on suspicion of possession of controlled substances.”
Blunt served as a justice minister between 2010 and 2012 and chaired the Commons’ influential Foreign Affairs Committee from 2015 to 2017.
He — who did not immediately respond to a request for comment — will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on March 25.