Lil Wayne

Proving there’s no such thing as bad press and that face and neck tattoos make for a killer mug shot, rapper Lil’ Wayne (born Dwayne Michael Carter) was arrested by border patrol at a US Border checkpoint on Interstate 8 in Dateland, AZ, on Tuesday night around 11:30 PM. Drug-sniffing dogs alerted officers that something might be afoot and Wayne’s bus, which was transporting 11 other people, was pulled aside for a consensual search.

Officers found:

  • Three guns (two of which legally registered, plus a third “mystery” gun reportedly belonging to Wayne which is under Florida DEA investigation)
    29 grams of cocaine
    41 grams of ecstacy
    105 grams of marjuana
    $22,000 in cash
    some paraphernalia
  • Carter faces local possession charges (the feds passed on this one), and two other passengers are looking at narcotics charges. Wayne was released on bail, but has a court date set for Friday morning. In other news, his new album, The Carter III is due out in February.

    Tags: Arrested | cocaine | drugs | Ecstasy | guns | hip-hop | investigation | Lil Wayne | Rap

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