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Naomi Campbell was arrested Thursday for investigation of assaulting a police officer at London’s Heathrow Airport, a source confirmed.

According to Metropolitan Police, officers were “alerted to a disturbance” at 5:11 p.m. at the newly opened Terminal 5, where travelers’ frustrations have flared due to baggage delays since opening last week.

“Subsequently, a 37-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer,” a police spokesperson says. “She was taken to Heathrow Police Station where she currently remains in custody.”

Police didn’t identify the woman. But a source confirms it was the 37-year-old Campbell, arrested after she boarded a plane.

“Police were called to remove a passenger from a British Airways flight this afternoon,” a British airport authority spokesperson says.

The passenger was Campbell, awaiting the British Airways flight to Los Angeles, a source tells Reuters.

This is the latest alleged scuffle involving Campbell.

She was ordered to attend anger management classes and complete five days of community service last year working in a New York sanitation garage after she allegedly threw a cell phone at her housekeeper.

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Naomi Campbell has been hospitalized in Sao Paulo and is being treated by one of Brazil’s top specialists in infectious disease, the hospital’s press office said Tuesday.

A publicist for the 37-year-old British supermodel confirmed Campbell was treated at a hospital and had a small cyst removed. There were no other details.

“Naomi Campbell was admitted to hospital … to have a small cyst removed,” her publicist, Jeff Raymond, said in a statement.

“Following the successful procedure, she is now resting and is looking forward to getting back to work. She would like to thank the doctors who have kindly looked after her.”

Campbell, a frequent visitor to Brazil, celebrated Carnival earlier this month in the northeastern city of Salvador. She was hospitalized Sunday in Sao Paulo’s Sirio Libanes Hospital.

She is under the care of David Uip, a specialist in infectious diseases, and gynecologist Jose Aristodemo Pinotti, the hospital said in a statement.

“The patient and her advisers have determined that the hospital’s medical staff will not issue any formal or informal information on her medical condition,” the hospital statement said.

NAOMI Campbell, political reporter? The catwalk queen is said to be in Cuba interviewing Fidel Castro for British GQ. Castro has given access over the years to female reporters he finds attractive, like Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer. The supermodel, who calls herself the adopted granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, is said also to be lining up an interview with Castro’s protégé in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, the anti-American blowhard she visited earlier this year.

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British supermodel Naomi Campbell met privately with President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday, becoming the latest in a series of celebrities hosted by the Venezuelan leader.

Campbell flashed a smile to reporters as she arrived at the presidential palace, but said little about what she hoped to discuss with Chavez.

“I’ve been here before actually,” she said. “A beautiful country, very tropical. You’ve got great waterfalls.”

Then, before turning to walk inside, she added: “I’m not going to be political. Thank you very much.”

Last month, Chavez met in Caracas with American actor Kevin Spacey, who praised the Venezuelan government’s efforts to support film-making. The Venezuelan President also has hosted recent visits by Hollywood stars including Sean Penn and Danny Glover.