Lindsay Lohan's friend Vikram Chatwal arrested on drug charges after 'trying to board plane with heroin, coke, pot and pills'
New York hotelier and Lindsay Lohan friend Vikram Chatwal has been arrested on drug charges in Florida after he allegedly tried to board a plane with cocaine, marijuana, heroin and pills.
The 41-year-old multimillionaire was arrested Tuesday at the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport after airport security found the drugs hidden in his bag and in his crotch, according to a report by TMZ.
He was booked on one count of trafficking six grams of heroin and seven counts of drug possession, including: cocaine, pot, ketamine, muscle relaxants, Xanax, sedatives and the opioid buprenorphine.
Mug shot: Hotel owner and Lindsay Lohan friend Vikram Chatwal is shown in a police mug shot after his arrest on drug charges in Florida
Chatwal told authorities that he illegally bought the drugs and they were in his possession, according to the police report.
Chatwal is the owner of the Dream Hotel in New York that has been one of Lohan's favorite hotels.
Lohan and Chatwal were rumored to be dating last year after the two were spotted shopping together at the Chanel Store in New York and photographed together at the opening of an art reception hosted by Chatwal.
Lohan and Chatwal: The oft-troubled star and the multimillionaire hotelier were photographed last year shopping together at the Chanel Store and attending an art opening party in New York
Lohan, 26, was arrested in September for allegedly striking a pedestrian while driving a Porsche outside the Dream Hotel. The misdemeanor charge was later dropped.
Chatwal, who is of Indian Sikh heritage, married Indian model Priya Sachdev in 2006, but the two have since separated.
Chatwal previously dated supermodels Gisele Bundchen and Kate Moss.
Art party: Dream Hotel owner Chatwal is seen with artist Domingo Zapata, left, and Lohan at an art opening last May in New York
Chatwal, like his friend Lohan, has been in rehab more than once.
In a July 2011 article in the New York Times, Chatwal said that he had put his partying ways behind him.
He has a young daughter, Safira, who lives in India.
Chatwal was born in Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia, and his Indian father is the founder of Hampshire Hotels and Resorts. Chatwal has spent most of his life in New York and opened his own brand of luxury hotels at age 28.
Police report: An officer's report said Chatwal admitted illegally buying and possessing the illicit drugs
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