Rapper Rick Ross arrested after police find five marijuana joints in his car during traffic stop

By Ross Mcdonagh For Dailymail.com

Published: 18:36 EST, 10 June 2015 | Updated: 19:32 EST, 10 June 2015

Rick Rock has been arrested for marijuana possession.

The 39-year-old was busted on Wednesday when a police officer found several marijuana joints in his car.

The rapper was driving his Bentley through Fayette County, Georgia when he was pulled over because of an alleged window tint violation.

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Busted: Rick Rock, pictured in March, was arrested for marijuana possession in Georgia on Wedneasday after a police officer found several marijuana joints in his car

Busted: Rick Rock, pictured in March, was arrested for marijuana possession in Georgia on Wedneasday after a police officer found several marijuana joints in his car

But when the officer opened the door he smelled marijuana. Upon searching the vehicle, he found five spliffs.

The rapper was then sent to Fayette County Jail to be processed on a drug misdemeanor as well as the traffic violation.

According to the arresting officer, the Hood Billionaire was 'very cooperative' and gave no trouble at all.

Goes peacefully: The rapper was 'very cooperative' and gave no trouble at all according to the arresting officer, perhaps offing to the fact Ross himself used to be a correctional officer

Goes peacefully: The rapper was 'very cooperative' and gave no trouble at all according to the arresting officer, perhaps offing to the fact Ross himself used to be a correctional officer

The Hustlin hitmaker, whose real name is William Leonard Roberts II, took his name from convcited drug trafficker 'Freeway' Rick Ross

The Hustlin hitmaker, whose real name is William Leonard Roberts II, took his name from convcited drug trafficker 'Freeway' Rick Ross

Ross, who's real name is William Leonard Roberts II, was unlikely to cause hassle for law enforcement officers, seeing as he used to be one.

From December 1995 to June 1995 he worked as a correctional officer in Florida, a fact he tried to deny when it first emerged later in his career.

His attempts to hide his former ties to the law are unsurprising, considering he named his stage persona after convicted California drug trafficker 'Freeway' Rick Ross, who has tried to sue the rapper in the past.

This latest arrest isn't the first drugs charge for the Maybach Music Group founder either; he was busted for possession of weed in Miami in 2008, and in Louisiana in 2011; and arrested again in North Carolina in 2014 for failing to appear in court over the previous charge.

In 2011 it was once again the scent that gave him away, when police reportedly smelled pot from his room at the Shreveport Hilton - they eventually found one gram of the drug.

The Hustlin star was born in Mississippi and raised in Florida, but lives in Fayette.

Last year he spent $5.8million on a 109-room mansion that belonged to boxer Evander Holyfield until it was foreclosed.

Mugshot: This is Ross's fourth arrest on drugs charges - in 2011 he was once again caught by police with keen noses

Mugshot: This is Ross's fourth arrest on drugs charges - in 2011 he was once again caught by police with keen noses

Crib: Last year Ross spent $5.8million on a 109-room mansion that belonged to boxer Evander Holyfield until it was foreclosed

Crib: Last year Ross spent $5.8million on a 109-room mansion that belonged to boxer Evander Holyfield until it was foreclosed

 

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