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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 & 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 traveling 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.
(Reporting by Chris Michaud; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
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