Former Conservative MP and justice minister Crispin Blunt has pleaded guilty to multiple drugs offences following a police raid on his home.
Blunt, 65, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court where he admitted four charges relating to the possession of illegal substances, including cannabis, crystal meth, GBL and methamphetamine.
The charges stem from a police search of his Surrey home in October 2023, during which officers discovered the drugs.
He pleaded guilty to one count of possessing class A drugs and three counts of possessing class B drugs, and is due to be sentenced later on Wednesday.
During a statement to the court lasting more than 30 minutes, Blunt argued that the charges should not have been brought, stating that laws criminalising drug possession should not exist.
Malcolm McHaffie, head of the Crown Prosecution Service’s special crime division, previously said there was sufficient evidence to prosecute and that it was in the public interest to proceed.
Blunt had also been under investigation for an alleged rape at the time of the search, but Surrey Police confirmed in May last year that no further action would be taken following an 18-month investigation due to insufficient evidence.
Blunt represented Reigate as an MP from 1997 until 2024 and served as parliamentary under-secretary of state for prisons and youth justice between 2010 and 2012.
He later chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee from 2015 to 2017. He lost the Conservative whip following his arrest in October 2023 and subsequently sat as an independent before standing down at the 2024 general election.