SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — A U.S. Border Patrol spokesman says country singer Willie Nelson was charged with marijuana possession after 6 ounces was found aboard his tour bus in Texas.
Patrol spokesman Bill Brooks said the bus pulled into the Sierra Blanca, Texas, checkpoint about 9 a.m. Friday. Brooks said an officer smelled pot when a door was opened and a search turned up marijuana.
The Hudspeth County sheriff was contacted, and Nelson was among three people arrested, Brooks said.
Sheriff Arvin West didn’t immediately return a phone message left at his home Friday, but he told the El Paso Times that Nelson claimed the marijuana was his. The singer was held briefly on $2,500 bail before being released.
Nelson spokeswoman Elaine Schock declined to comment when contacted via e-mail. The Associated Press
