SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested over the weekend after border control officers found what they said was a small amount of marijuana on his tour bus.
The singer and producer, 40, was arrested at the checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas, same Saturday where the singer of country, Willie Nelson was arrested for possession of marijuana in 2010, customs officials said.
Bill Brooks, a spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said officers carried out a routine inspection of bus tour of the rapper to the position of U.S. border control - Mexico is El Paso and thought they smelled of marijuana.
"When our police made further inspection, they discovered a small quantity of marijuana and delivered to the Sheriff of Hudspeth County, Brooks has.".
A spokesman for the Office of the sheriff said Snoop Dogg "freely admitted" the pot was him. He said that a dog found that a bottle containing prescription rolled joints of marijuana and two other containers with marijuana.
Rapper cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, fate and given a date of the Court on 20 January, authorities said.
Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, was arrested and sentenced several times in the past 10 years for possession of drugs, ranging from marijuana to cocaine and weapons offences.
In 2008, Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson collaborated on the song and the video clip "My medicine", a sentence veiled tribute to marijuana. The two artists have made their appreciation of the pot, an important part of their personalities.
Spokesperson of rapper the could not immediately be reached for comment Monday.
(Editing by Jill Serjeant and Alex Dobuzinskis)
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