Rapper
Lil Wayne was arrested Monday in Atlanta on charges of possession of
less than one ounce of marijuana and possession of a controlled
substance, according to a copy of his arrest report obtained by MTV.
The 23-year-old MC (real name:Dwayne Michael Carter) was released from
Georgia’s Fulton County Jail on $11,000 bond following his arrest.
Police claim the rapper was in possession of several unlabeled bottles
— one containing 60 pills of Alprazolama, a generic form of Xanax that
is used to treat anxiety disorders and panic attacks; another
containing 59 hydrocodone pills — along with “two small burnt joints of
marijuana,” the report read.
According to Carter’s arrest report, the rapper was staying at the
Twelve Hotel in Atlanta’s Atlantic Station when a hotel employee
entered Carter’s room to inspect a problem with the room’s security
systems. The employee said he noticed a gallon-size bag of what he
believed to be marijuana. He also told police he smelled a “heavy odor
of marijuana.”
The hotel’s manager was summoned to the room and also said he smelled marijuana. Carter told both men to vacate his room,
shut the door and fastened the security latch.
Police were called
shortly thereafter.
Officers entered Carter’s room and began to search it; the arrest
report said the rapper gave his consent for them to enter. Inside a
small duffel bag, police found the prescription pills. The marijuana
joints were uncovered in the room’s garbage can, and a small amount of
marijuana was discovered in the room’s refrigerator.
According to the
report, a gallon-size bag of marijuana was not recovered.
A second man, Derrick Lawrence, 37, was also charged with possession of
less than one ounce of marijuana. The arrest report claims Lawrence was
in Carter’s room at the time, but his relationship to the rapper is
unclear.
The report also lists both men as being under the influence of
drugs at the time of the arrests.
Carter, who hails from New Orleans, has released five albums over the course of his career. His most recent LP, 2005’s Tha Carter II, debuted at #2 on Billboard‘s album sales chart and has since racked up more than 1 million copies sold.
