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Snooping around: Snoop Dogg, pictured here in 2006, was arrested for marijuana possession after a sniffer dog found his stash in Texas on Saturday |
He has courted controversy in recent weeks after apparently smoking a joint on stage and recording a music video where he sits next to a small mountain of marijuana.
But it seems Snoop Dogg's obsession with the drug has came back to haunt him, as he has been arrested and charged after sniffer dog sniffed out his stash in his tour bus.
The 40-year-old rapper was arrested in Sierra Blanca, Texas after his transport was stopped at a Border Patrol checkpoint at 3am on Saturday.
Ironically it is the same checkpoint where country singer Willie Nelson was busted for possessing marijuana in 2010, who the hip hop star vigorously defended.
A Sheriff's Office spokesman said: 'During a routine check of U.S. citizenship the inspecting Border Patrol agent detected the odor of marijuana emitting from the inside of the vehicle and requested the driver to pull into the secondary inspection lane for further inspection.
'The agent requested all subjects to exit the bus so that a canine working the checkpoint could conduct an inspection of the vehicle.
'Upon entering the bus the canine alerted to a trashcan located at the rear of the vehicle where a red prescription bottle containing rolled marijuana cigarettes were located.
'A further search produced two other containers containing marijuana weighing in all total of 0.130 lbs.'
And the rap legend did not try to pin the blame on someone else, according to the lawmen.
The spokesman added: 'Calvin C. Broadus a.k.a. Snoop Dogg freely admitted that the marijuana belonged to him and he was placed under arrest by U.S. Border Patrol agents and detained
'At approximately 4:00am Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Office was contacted and upon arrival, Mr. Broadus was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia.'
