Aspiring pop star Paris Hilton has furiously denied the transparent pouch found nestling in her handbag contained cannabis – insisting the plastic bag merely had tobacco inside.

British newspapers on Sunday printed images of the socialite inadvertently displaying the incriminating sachet while she looked through her handbag for a lip gloss.

But her representative was quick to quash the spiralling speculation, claiming the high-flying millionaire heiress rolls her own tobacco cigarettes.

“I just want to get something clear,” said publicist Elliot Mintz. “Paris Hilton rolls her own tobacco cigarettes.

“It was tobacco,” he insisted.