Hucknall cautioned over drugs

Mick Hucknall is thought to have a £30m fortune

Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall has been cautioned by police for possessing cocaine and cannabis, it has emerged.

Officers found the class A and class B drugs at the 40-year-old star's home in Surrey, The Sun newspaper reported.

A Surrey police spokesman said on Friday: "A 40-year-old man was cautioned for an offence."

Police discovered the drugs on 26 November after a woman falsely accused Hucknall of rape.

The woman dropped her claim a day later.

But the singer was arrested and later cautioned at Walton-on-Thames police station over the drugs, The Sun added.

Mainstay

Hucknall, whose hits includes Holding Back the Years and Fairground, is believed to have built up a fortune of more than £30m from his music career and restaurant interests.

He is a lifelong Labour Party supporter and is a party donor, and has been involved in government think-tanks.

He formed Simply Red in 1984. Over the years the band has had a fluid line-up, with only Hucknall as the mainstay.

They had their first hit with their cover of Money's Too Tight (To Mention), with Holding Back the Years becoming number one in the US.

Hucknall parted company with his record label East West earlier this year, following a lukewarm response to the band's last album Love And the Russian Winter.