RAPPER and reality TV star Nelly is facing drug charges after police stopped a bus in Tennessee – just days after performing in East Lancashire.
Tennessee Highway Patrol said that Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes, was pulled over because the bus he was riding in failed to display a US Department of Transportation and International Fuel Tax Association sticker.
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According to the release, troopers smelled marijuana when they reached the bus.
After searching the bus, they found five rocks that tested positive for meth, as well as a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Still buzzing over seeing @Nelly_Mo in Darwen 😍 pic.twitter.com/Q8ih5ldE2o
— Laura Wood (@Laurawood1994) April 9, 2015
The St Louis native is facing charges including felony possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Nelly, 40, who performed at Level One in Market Street, Darwen, last Tuesday, was released on bail from Putnam County Jail.
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