String of celebrities on drugs continues with arrest of noted screenwriter

China's glitterati are in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons again, following the arrest of a writer and director for possession and use of methamphetamine.

On Thursday, the Beijing police announced that they had arrested screenwriter and novelist Chen Wanning, 39, for drug offenses. Chen confessed that he had been taking crystal meth since December and had consumed some just before his arrest, police said.

Chen was a leading figure in China's first generation of online writers and established himself in 2006 with popular martial arts comedy My Personal Swordsman. He is also a regular guest on the hit matchmaking reality show If You Are the One.