Willie Nelson Busted For Pot At Sierra Blanca Checkpoint

Country music legend Willie Nelson was arrested Friday morning in Sierra Blanca, Texas at a Border Patrol checkpoint for allegedly possessing 6 ounces of marijuana.

According to Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West, Nelson was traveling in his tour bus from California to Austin when Nelson was detained by Border Patrol agents at about 9 a.m. Friday. Hudspeth County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the checkpoint and then booked Nelson into the Hudspeth County Jail on a $2,500 bond. He posted the bond and was on his way back Austin, West said.

In late January of this year, six of Nelson’s band and crew members were busted in North Carolina for allegedly possessing moonshine and marijuana in a vehicle they were in. They were issued citations.

Also in January of this year, Nelson’s tour bus was stopped at the Sierra Blanca Border Patrol check point for five hours and searched, according to a blog post by Nelson’s daughter at the time of the incident. The group received one citation, but she did not say what it was for.

Authorities searched Nelson’s tour bus back in 2006 in Louisiana and found about a pound-and-a-half of marijuana and mushrooms. Nelson was charged with a misdemeanor.