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Sep. 19, 2006 - not exactly a ‘Man Bites Dog’ story / Willie Nelson busted for …

 
… well, it wasn’t tax fraud, so it must have been …
… yes, it was pot (and “psychedelic mushrooms”), according to today’s NY Post.
 
Louisiana state troopers found 1.5 POUNDS of marijuana and some magic mushrooms after they stopped Willie’s tour bus for a “routine” inspection. (If I were a cop, I would figure it pretty routine if I stopped Willie Nelson’s bus at every opportunity, just to see if there was any drug stuff on board.) Willie does not like to let his fans down.
 
other routine stops
The “routine” inspection is like the occasional news reports in Manhattan about a rapper’s car being pulled over “for changing lanes without signaling”, followed by an arrest for drug or gun possession. Changing lanes without signaling?? Not even Giuliani had enough cops to stop people who do that in Manhattan. Cops just get lucky though.
 
After the routine inspection stop, a trooper smelled marijuana, and the search found the pot and mushrooms. No word on whose bags they were in, but Willie and four passengers face up to six months in jail.
 
Willie needs some camouflage
Memo to Willie: change the sign on the bus to Celine Dion Tour.
UPDATE 10.6 (thanks to Mike Lembo) for pointing out (one of) Sweet Willie's post-arrest quotes:
"It's a good thing I had a bag of marijuana. If it had been a bag of spinach, I'd be dead by now."
 
© Sandy Mattingly 2006
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