Rick Ross Jailed After Cops Find Marijuana in His Car: Get the Details

Rapper was arrested on misdemeanor pot charges in Atlanta, E! News confirms

By Natalie Finn Jun 10, 2015 11:27 PMTags
Rick Ross, Mug ShotFayette County Sheriff's Office

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Rick Ross was arrested for misdemeanor marijuana possession and jailed in Atlanta on Wednesday, the Fayette County Sheriff's Office confirms to E! News.

He had yet to be processed into their system at the time, so no further information was immediately forthcoming.

However, Atlanta's Channel 2 Action News first reported today that Ross was pulled over in his Bentley for a tinted window violation, after which the deputy smelled marijuana and then found a small amount of pot in the vehicle. The 39-year-old Teflon Don artist was then taken into custody.

A rep for Ross has not yet responded to a request for comment.

This is not the first marijuana bust for the hip-hop star, who doesn't seem to be one to shy away from camera while caught in the act of smoking weed.

He was arrested in 2008 and again in 2011 on pot-related charges.

Last year, Ross was asked point-blunt, er -blank about weed-smoking, and was quoted in Rolling Stone's "Ask a Boss" column as advising, "There's only one way to smoke weed like a true boss, man. You have to get the highest-grade weed. When I smoke, I'm usually in my backyard. I hear the waterfall from the swimming pool; I hear my two yachts as they bump against the railings and the water splashes against their bodies; I hear a squirrel chirping from centimeters away.

"Go get yourself a rocking chair and put it on your front porch, and listen to the breeze, just like the good old days. That's when you're smokin' like a true boss."

—Additional reporting by Holly Passalaqua