Britney Spears has been detained by police after holding her own children hostage after refusing to hand them over to their dad. Police believe the pop wreck was 'under the influence of an unknown substance' after she refused to hand oversons Sean Preston and Jayden James over to Kevin Federline at 7pm on Thursday night.
Britney is all set to be taken to hospital in Los Angeles where she will be tested for drink and drugs.
And if the test proves positive she will be arrested and charged.
LAPD spokesman Jason Lee said: "Police were called to Britney Spears mansion this evening. "She was refusing to hand the children over to their father as part of a court order.
"We were called and the situation is now what we call a Code 4 - which means everything is done.
"That means we verified the court document and the children are being returned to their father via representative.
"However we do believe Britney Spears is under the influence and needs to be evaluated.
"She is being transported to hospital where she will be tested for both drink and drugs.
"At this stage we do not know what she may or may not have taken - that's while she needs to be evaluated.
"But obviously if the test does prove positive then we would be looking to move her to a police station and charge her.
"But again I cannot say if that will happen for sure until we get the evaluation test results."
The drama started just before 7pm when Britney refused to obey the court order and would not let the court appointed monitor into her Beverly Hills mansion.
And when K-Fed's two bodyguards arrived to pick up the kids just before 8pm, she also refused to let them into the house.
Police were then called to the multi-million dollar house for what the initially referred to as a 'family custody dispute'.
Britney's soon-to-be ex- attorney Sorrell Trope said: "In a normal case when someone shows up with a certified court order saying the kids need to be somewhere else, the police see to it that the order is obeyed. But that is in a normal case."
K'Fed's lawyer Mark Kaplan also arrived at the house around 8pm but left a short time later.
But despite trying to talk Britney round she refused to give up the kids and is believed to have barricaded herself up in the house.
By 11pm on Thursday night there were five police cars and the fire department with paramedics at the gated community with a police chopper hovering overhead.
Shortly after 10pm, Britney appeared to let police and paramedics inside the home.
An ambulance then arrived and a wheelchair was seen being taken into the house amid reports someone was being treated inside before police confirmed she was being evaluated.
Earlier in the day, Spears showed up 90 minutes late to a scheduled deposition in her custody case - and stayed for only a fraction of an hour.
It was reported she was only questioned for a total of 14 minutes before leaving Kaplan's office.
Back at her Beverly Hills home directly after the hearing, when a photographer asked if Kaplan was nice to her, Spears, 26, responded with an emphatic: "No!"
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