Pussy Riot member is 'hauled off plane in Barcelona for being drunk on flight ...

Pussy Riot member is 'hauled off plane in Barcelona for being drunk on flight to Italy after gig' Maria Alyokhina, 30, reportedly chucked off flight before taking off on Tuesday Removed from plane with unnamed member of punk activists' 'Riot Days' tour Were on way to Milan for a Thursday show following a performance in Barcelona

By Gerard Couzens for MailOnline

Published: 22:48 GMT, 12 February 2019 | Updated: 22:52 GMT, 12 February 2019

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Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina was hauled off a plane at Barcelona Airport by Spanish police after an incident on a flight bound for Italy, according to reports.

The 30-year-old Russian, who served prison time over a 2012 anti-Putin protest at a Moscow cathedral, is said to have been taken off the aircraft with another unnamed member of the punk activists' 'Riot Days' tour.

They were on their way to Milan for a Thursday show following a performance in Barcelona.

Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina was removed from a flight from Barcelona to Italy for being drunk, according to Spanish media

Local reports said Civil Guard officers removed the female pair from the plane today when it was preparing for take-off after being asked to intervene by the pilot.

They are understood to have left the plane voluntarily after being formally