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Dogg finds Snoop's joints
Rapper hit with minor drug charge
- — AP
- Published: 00:00 January 11, 2012
Rapper Snoop Dogg is facing a minor drug charge in Texas after border agents say they found several joints on his tour bus.
Hudspeth County sheriff's office said in a statement that Snoop Dogg, whose name is Calvin Broadus, was arrested on Saturday at the Sierra Blanca highway checkpoint and cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanour typical in cases involving small amounts of marijuana.
According to the sheriff's office, a border agent smelled marijuana smoke coming from the bus and ordered everyone off so that a dog could inspect the vehicle. A prescription bottle with several marijuana cigarettes was found in a trash can, and more marijuana was found in two other containers. In all, 58.97 grams of the drug were found.
Broadus admitted the drug was his and was released, the sheriff's office said.
In interviews, the rapper has said he has a licence to use medical marijuana in his home state of California because he suffers from migraines and blurred vision.
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