'CSI' Actor Gary Dourdan Charged With Drug Possession

Actor Gary Dourdan, who stars in US TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, has been charged with possession of heroin, cocaine and ecstasy.

The 41-year-old was arrested last week after police found him asleep in a car in Palm Springs, California and appeared disorientated when approached.

The star was jailed for around five hours before being released on bail of $5,000.

The star is due to appear in court to face the charges on 28 May.

LOS ANGELES - “CSI” star Gary Dourdan was arrested Monday for possession of narcotics and dangerous drugs, police said.

The 41-year-old actor was found asleep in his car by the Palm Springs Police Department, authorities said. An officer saw Dourdan’s car parked on the wrong side of the street with the interior light on and someone sleeping in the driver’s seat at approximately 5:12 a.m. Monday, according to Palm Springs police Sgt. Mitch Spike.

When the officer approached the vehicle, the officer found Dourdan (whose real name is Robert Gary Durdin) “disoriented and possibly under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs,” police confirmed to Access.

Upon searching the vehicle, the officer “subsequently located suspected cocaine, heroin, Ecstasy, miscellaneous prescription drugs and paraphernalia.”

Dourdan, 41, was placed under arrest and was booked at the Palm Springs jail on possession of narcotics and possession of dangerous drugs.