By Molly Hennessy-FiskeHOUSTON -- Heroin, 10 pounds of marijuana and a loaded handgun were allegedly found on the tour bus of rapper Nelly on Wednesday night. And if he were considering a war of words with local law enforcement, singer Fiona Apple might advise him to think twice.
The seizure occurred at a Border Patrol checkpoint on a lonely stretch of West Texas' Interstate 10 that has become infamous for celebrity drug busts. Also busted were country singer Willie Nelson, actor Armand "Armie" Hammer, rapper Snoop Dogg and the aforementioned Apple (more on that arrest later).
Nelly, born Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. in Austin, was detained but not arrested in Sierra Blanca (population roughly 600), Hudspeth County sheriff's officials told the Los Angeles Times.
Nelly's tour bus was traveling east on I-10 when it was stopped at about 8 p.m. at the Border Patrol checkpoint about 80 miles east of El Paso, according to the El Paso Times. Officials brought in a drug-sniffing dog, which led to the discovery of a box containing marijuana, 36 "very small" plastic bags of heroin and a loaded .45-caliber handgun, officials told The Times.
The drugs and gun apparently belonged to Nelly's bodyguard, Brian Keith Jones, whom Hudspeth County sheriff's deputies arrested. Jones was still being held at the jail Friday pending a bond hearing later in the day, officials told The Times.
Nelly, 37, who has a new album and whose hits include "Hot in Herre," was not pleased, judging from his Twitter account.
"I'm not gone front I'm MAD as Hell about this," he tweeted, reserving most of his anger for Jones: "2have some1 who works 4u n who u call a friend 4 ova 10years jeopardize ur life WTF?... No excuses for wad he did!!!"
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