Hip-Hop star Nelly was arrested on drug charges in Tennessee early Saturday after a state trooper pulled over his private bus in which he was traveling with five other people, because it failed to display proper U.S. Department of Transportation and International Fuel Tax Association stickers.
After being stopped, the trooper, along with two other troopers, reportedly smelled marijuana within the vehicle, and discovered everything from drug paraphernalia, 100 small Ziploc bags, to five colored crystal-type rocks (which later tested positive for methamphetamine), and a few guns, according to the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security.
The guns included a gold-plated .50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol, a .45-caliber Taurus pistol and a .500 Smith & Wesson magnum.
The 40 year-old St. Louis rapper, whose real name is Cornell Haynes, was later taken to the Putnam County Jail along with another passenger. He later posted bail and left the jail. His lawyer, Scott Rosenblum, went on to say, "I am extremely confident that when the facts come out, Nelly will not be associated with the contraband that was allegedly discovered." "There had been 15-20 people that had access to the bus prior to the stop."
Source: CNN
