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According to John Durham, a spokesperson for East Carolina University, where Khalifa performed earlier in the evening, the 22-year-old rapper played a sold-out show at the university's Wright Auditorium without a hitch. he had been paid $10,000 for the standing-room-only appearance in front of nearly 1,500 students who started a Facebook petition this summer to convince him to play their campus.
But Khalifa, who is very vocal about his marijuana use, was stopped by ECU police officers as he left the venue. "He was on his way with his band to his bus parked outside, and they stopped him because of a strong odor of marijuana emanating from the bus and the backstage area of the auditorium," Durham said.
"They asked if he would cooperate with officers, and he agreed, and they went on his bus, and then he and nine members of his entourage were arrested on three charges related to marijuana possession," Durham said. Police are alleged to have seized more than 60 grams of pot during the bust, or the equivalent of about 2 ounces.
On Tuesday morning (November 9), a spokesperson for the Pitt County Detention Center confirmed to MTV News that Khalifa (born Cameron Thomaz) was booked into the jail at around 1:30 a.m. He posted $300,000 bail and was released from detention at around 8 a.m. ET, along with one other unnamed member of his entourage. He was charged with a felony count of trafficking in marijuana, a felony count of maintaining a dwelling/vehicle/place for sale or storage of marijuana and one misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. MadOne
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