Willie Nelson Arrested for Pot Possession

By Tracey Harrington McCoy Posted Nov 26th 2010 09:50PM

Country superstar Willie Nelson was arrested Friday morning for alleged marijuana possession, RadarOnline.com reports. The musician was stopped at a Border Patrol checkpoint and reportedly found with six ounces of marijuana.

Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West told KVIA that Nelson was traveling in his tour bus from California to Austin when he was stopped by Border Patrol agents Friday morning around 9am. An officer smelled pot when a door was opened and decided to search the bus, the Associated Press reports. Nelson was one of three people arrested.

Nelson was booked at the Hudspeth County jail on a $2,500 bond--which the singer quickly posted. He's since been released.

Nelson's rep, Elaine Schock, declined to comment.

This isn't the 10-time Grammy winner's first run-in with the law. In 2006, Louisiana authorities found a pound-and-a-half of marijuana and mushrooms on his tour bus. He was charged with a misdemeanor.

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Friday 26 November

By comeon

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does anybody really care if Willie and the Boys smoke a little hemp? thought not.

By Praise the Lord

Willie got popped with pot-so what?! I agree with you; besides he is a smart boy-he travels with a pack, every one holds claim to fraction of it ( so it stays at misdemeanor status ) and the State gets some cash....every body wins! They should leave Willie alone!

Saturday 27 November

By Al

Yeah, what the hell!? It's not like he's driving the bus!! He's in the back.

By palmage hall

Willie does not drive the bus. The people that arrested him probably smoke it themselfs I have found it to be about 70% of people you would not think of using it, do so themselfs. So leave the man alone.

By Tom

As long as one of the "tokers" wasn't driving.

By Mr. Leo

They stopped Willie's bus and found pot??? Wow, real crackerjack police work here. Keep up the great work. How many illegals crossed the border while they were searching that bus???

By donpandanell

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Support Mexican Drug Lords. They Need Jobs Too.So A Few People Are Murdered. So What? It's Only Human Life And We All Know A Good Supply Of Drugs Are More Important.

By R. Baxter

Leave Willie alone....More important things to worry about....

By tracy

So what if Willie is getting high? Better than drowning in a legal substance like whiskey where you don't know who you are, where you are, or what you are doing.

By lisa

sounds like a country song in the making there...tracy :)

By vmax4ya

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have you ever been High?

By sandy

you are sooo right, marijuana is the only substance/medication/drug that never has and never will KILL anyone, they tried and can't give a lab rat enough THC to kill it, or even make it sick... it is also not addicting(like heroin), and our country MAKES IT ILLEGAL, booze should be illegal.

By poetamelie

Quelle surprise.

By Mr. Davidson

What, no guns?

By mg

That would be David Crosby.

By Ray

Be a good boy Willie, hold out your wrist so I can smack it.

By da kine

They smelled weed? Smells like entrapment to me. Why wouldn't Willie's bus be waved through the checkpoint without making the driver open the door? Did they really think he was transporting illegal aliens from California to his home? Or that they might get lucky and smell pot?

By ian

It's just the Border Patrol keeping America safe from.... who knows what!

By Dark Gable

I remember when Lill wayne got busted for weed! Folks were a lot less forgiving of the Black boy! I wonder why?

By justsayin

Because lil wayne is a thug. Willie has never hurt anyone!

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