Florida rapper arrested and charged in Georgia, after a highway traffic stop uncovered a small amount of marijuana in his car

Rick Ross may call himself the boss but that doesn’t mean he’s above the law. The rapper was arrested on Wednesday 10 June on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge in Georgia, according to both Billboard and local Atlanta news station WSB-TV.

Ross was allegedly in his car on a highway when he was stopped by a police officer for a window tint violation. The officer smelled marijuana in the car when Ross rolled down one of the offending windows, according to WSB-TV, and later uncovered five marijuana cigarettes in the Bentley.

Ross was charged with one traffic violation and booked on one count of marijuana possession at Georgia’s Fayette county jail, and was “very cooperative” after the arrest, a Sheriffs office spokesperson confirmed to Billboard. Perhaps his past as a corrections officer in his home state of Florida has given Ross an insight into life on both sides of the justice system’s counter.

Billboard reported that Ross was likely to make bail quickly, and as of 7am BST on Thursday 11 June, he was back on Twitter with “hood billionaire” wisdom to impart.