Singer was handcuffed by highway patrol on Wednesday night and has since wiped her Instagram profile

Britney Spears was arrested in Ventura county, California, on Wednesday night for driving under the influence.

The singer was stopped and handcuffed by the California highway patrol at about 9.28pm local time, as first reported by TMZ and confirmed by Variety.

Spears was booked in the early hours of Thursday morning, at about 3.02am, and was released just after 6am.

After her release, Spears deleted her Instagram profile. Her most recent post was captioned: “Song representing fragility be careful my friends when dealing with the queen of hearts.”