Russell Brand deported from Japan

Russell Brand was taken into custody and deported from Japan yesterday, Katy Perry revealed on Twitter.

The pop star is currently touring Japan and husband Brand had flown over to see her perform but Tokyo police stopped the 'Arthur' actor at Narita airport, prompting Perry to tweet:

"So... my husband just got deported from Japan. I am so. sad. I brought him all this way to show him my favourite place #tokyodreamscrushed", before launching an impassioned plea to fans to "#FREE@RUSTYROCKETS! RT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", @Rustyrockets being the twitter alias of her comedian husband.

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Brand was clearly not incarcerated in a particularly strict cell, as he joined in the Twitter action himself, saying: "Planning escape from Japanese custody. It's bl**dy hard to dig a tunnel with a chopstick."

Soon Perry accepted the situation too, reassuring her Japanese fans by declaring, "But of COURSE I ? my Japanese fans & the show #MUSTGOON no matter the daily aftershocks or husband kidnappings! #it'snotrightbutit'sokay".

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Brand's deportation was related to prior offences from over ten years ago. The Japanese authorities have not made the precise offences public, or the action taken against Brand, but he has been arrested a total of 12 times during his turbulent past.

In addition to drugs charges, the former heroin addict was arrested for indecent exposure and criminal damage while covering May Day protests for MTV in 2001 and, more recently, had to post a $20,000 bail after being arrested for battery charges relating to an alleged attack on a photographer in 2010.

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