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El Paso Times - Snoop Dogg has joined country singer Willie Nelson on the list of musical artists who have been weeded out by the law in Sierra Blanca. The world-famous rapper was arrested and released at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint Saturday morning in Sierra Blanca after agents found marijuana on his tour bus. Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor, by the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Office. He has been ordered to appear in court before or on Jan. 20. Representatives for Snoop Dogg could not be reached for comment. The Hudspeth County Sheriff's Office said that Border Patrol agents detected the odor of marijuana from his 2009 black Prevost tour bus that stopped at the checkpoint on Interstate 10 East around 3 a.m.
Saturday, according to a statement. Agents ordered everyone out of the bus so that a drug-sniffing dog could conduct a search. The dog alerted agents to a trash can in the back of the bus that had a red prescription bottle containing marijuana cigarettes, the news release said. Agents also found two other containers with marijuana in them, the news release said. In total, the marijuana weighed .13 pounds. Snoop Dogg admitted that the marijuana belonged to him and was placed under arrest by Border Patrol agents, the news release said.
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Rapper Snoop Dogg faces drug charge after stop in same place where Willie Nelson was busted
From the El Paso Times - Snoop Dogg has joined country singer Willie Nelson on the list of musical artists who have been weeded out by the law in Sierra Blanca. The world-famous rapper was arrested and released at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint Saturday morning in Sierra Blanca after agents found marijuana on his tour bus. Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor, by the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Office. He has been ordered to appear in court before or on Jan. 20. Representatives for Snoop Dogg could not be reached for comment. The Hudspeth County Sheriff's Office said that Border Patrol agents detected the odor of marijuana from his 2009 black Prevost tour bus that stopped at the checkpoint on Interstate 10 East around 3 a.m. 
Saturday, according to a statement. Agents ordered everyone out of the bus so that a drug-sniffing dog could conduct a search. The dog alerted agents to a trash can in the back of the bus that had a red prescription bottle containing marijuana cigarettes, the news release said. Agents also found two other containers with marijuana in them, the news release said. In total, the marijuana weighed .13 pounds. Snoop Dogg admitted that the marijuana belonged to him and was placed under arrest by Border Patrol agents, the news release said. Read more
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