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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Saturday 27 November

By all_for_justice

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This is not a racial issue. Why pull the race card?

By Dark Gable

Forget who played the race card! I wanna know who put it in the deck!

By Josh

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I kind of agree. I don't know if it's about race or what, but it's incredibly hypocritical to be okay with one person doing it, and not others.

By Adam

It's not a race issue. The fact is that lil wayne isn't of the same calibre of tokers as people such as Willie & Snoop.

By TAMMY

I'LL TELL YOU WHY. LIL WAYNE IS A GANG BANGIN', NO TALENT, PIECE OF DUNG.

By VB

Hes black

By phelpsru1

PhelpsRU1

By nellie

Willie is my idol.i have been his fan foreve it seems.
So if he smokes a little wacky weed,leave him be.There
are more things that boarder patrol should be doing.
Go WILLIE!!!!!!!!!!!

By sway

OMG, the world will end! Willy got busted with pot..yeah like that is a shock. So what, we need to face reality and legalize the stuff anyway. Willy will go to his grave with a ganza pipe...go Willy, you da bomb

By cheez

he has traveled this route many times before so why did they light up and put themselves in this situation when they could have prevented it hours ahead of time?

By sjblegman

This is why we have so many illegal aliens here,control the border not americans,IDOTS!

By upnorthwoman

I totaly agree!!!!!!! Need to get their priorities right!

By marlynn

How old is Willie Nelson?? He is old enough to know what he is doing and probably knows he needs a little mj to take the aches and pains out of his old bones. He is still touring around the country where he is wanted by fans who need him to take some of the day-to-day pain out of living where everybody works until the job gets done. Give Me A Break!!

By Ed.V

And remember all the work he does for Farm-Aid. Leave Good ole Willie alone and make the boarder patrol do more important things like checking for forigners that dont belong in our U.S.A

Sunday 28 November

By Carrie

If you all feel so strongly that willie should be left alone...you all should've voted to legalize marijauna!!! But noooooooo...now I have to smoke it illegally.

By RUSSELL

Everyone is joking about Willie getting caught with pot. You had better stop and remember what would happen to YOU, if you were caught with the same stuff. I doubt that things would go nearly as well for the average person. If it doesn't piss you off that a double standard exists for athletes, singers, actors, and all other "celebrities", then you are just plain stupid. Laugh all you want, but justice is NOT equal here. Money talks and BS walks.

By M Teel

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Yes money talks & bs just stinks. I took a trip to AZ. not long ago and it seemed to me they had alot of people using Crank ,crack I'm no expert on those but I do have a MMJ card and if I have this I should be able to smoke it in ALL 50 states whats next no blood presure meds next?

By Matt

Willie Nelson arrested for pot possession? Next we will find out the sky is blue, water is wet, and oxygen is highly desirable for effective breathing.....

By ksrocker

I've been on Willie's bus. It always smells like pot.

By Gustav

This is the air-freshner he is using.

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