Hip-hop and reality star Nelly was arrested on drug-related charges while in Tennessee and has been charged with felony possession of drugs, simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, CNN reports. The arrest came after a state trooper pulled over the private bus carrying the 40-year-old rapper from St. Louis and five others because stickers from the U.S. Department of Transportation and International Fuel Tax Association were not displayed.
However, during the stop to conduct the inspection of the bus, the trooper “noticed an odor of marijuana emitting from the vehicle,” authorities said in a statement.
Nelly’s lawyer Scott Rosenblum said he was “extremely confident that when the facts come out, Nelly will not be associated with the contraband that was allegedly discovered.”