The Grammy-award winning rapper
Nelly was arrested on felony drug
charges on Saturday after a Tennessee
state trooper stopped his tour bus and
found illegal drugs, authorities said.
The rapper’s motor coach was stopped on
Saturday morning on Interstate 40 in
Putnam county for not displaying legally
required stickers, when a state trooper
smelled marijuana from the vehicle, the
Tennessee Department of Safety and
Homeland Security said.
A search turned up methamphetamine, a
small amount of marijuana and drug
paraphernalia, as well as several
handguns.
Nelly was charged with felony possession
of drugs, simple possession of marijuana
and possession of drug paraphernalia,
the department said. One other man in
the coach was also arrested and charged.
In 2012 authorities discovered marijuana,
heroin and a loaded gun on the rapper’s
tour bus at a border patrol checkpoint in
west Texas. A member of the singer’s
entourage took responsibility for the
items and was arrested. Others on the
bus including Nelly were released.
Nelly, 40, whose real name is Cornell
Haynes, has performed in several movies
and was named by Billboard magazine in
2009 as one of the top artists of the
decade.



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