November 27th, 2010
11:47 AM ET

Singer Willie Nelson arrested on pot charges

Country singer Willie Nelson was arrested Friday on charges of marijuana possession by the U.S. Border Patrol in Sierra Blanca, Texas, CNN has confirmed.

No further details were available, and a message left for Nelson's publicist has not been returned.

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  1. -*(yei dine\\\\)

    gah damn its not like he is doing drugs only weed! god put it on this earth for me and you u better take advantage. weed be tellin u when evil lerks... Willie will SHOW u who the real PUFF DADDY iz.... FREE WILLIE ....

    November 27, 2010 at 1:04 pm | Report abuse |
  2. DP

    Busting old men for pot diverts resources from searching 3 yr. olds for bombs.

    November 27, 2010 at 1:04 pm | Report abuse |
  3. cel

    Wonder how long they had him under surveillance, 5 minutes ? 2 minutes ? Willie is a dope smoking hippy, if you look that up in Webster's Dictionary, you see a photo of Willie. Leave the old geezer alone.

    November 27, 2010 at 1:05 pm | Report abuse |
  4. Mim Williams

    OMGosh Willie Nelson smokes pot? What a surprise! So whats next , they arrest him every day of the year for possession?

    November 27, 2010 at 1:06 pm | Report abuse |
  5. R.

    Give the man a break!!!! What a waste of resources. Let it go and put law enforcement where they are really needed.

    November 27, 2010 at 1:06 pm | Report abuse |
  6. mike

    I want. To smoke pot. As soon as its legal I will again. I've been smoking k2 and now that's getting banned anything that gets u high is illegal so stupid but I don't want alcohol leave willie alone and everyone else who would choose pot over alcohol

    November 27, 2010 at 1:08 pm | Report abuse |
    • muhrvis

      Do you even know what is in K2? I don't. Do you trust a greedy company to sell you a shady product with unknown effects?

      November 27, 2010 at 1:14 pm | Report abuse |
  7. lilbit

    That is just nuts, Leave Willie be, he's not hurting anybody. Time for these jokers to concentrate on the Airport Security problem and the lunatics out there with guns and bombs and other implements of destruction.

    November 27, 2010 at 1:08 pm | Report abuse |
  8. me so Gary

    I'll never smoke weed with Willie again

    November 27, 2010 at 1:09 pm | Report abuse |
  9. Joe

    Marijuana is illegal because Christians would rather give up their own liberties than see others excerise theirs.

    November 27, 2010 at 1:09 pm | Report abuse |
    • Joe

      *exercise ... where's the 'edit' button when you need it!

      November 27, 2010 at 1:10 pm | Report abuse |
    • yo mama

      walmart shopper

      November 27, 2010 at 1:12 pm | Report abuse |
  10. ifmanisfive

    LOL

    November 27, 2010 at 1:10 pm | Report abuse |
  11. Bob & Tom

    I'll never smoke weed with Willie again....

    November 27, 2010 at 1:10 pm | Report abuse |
  12. yo mama

    what in the world are you f-cks complaining about?? go get a job and contribute something meaningful to society!

    November 27, 2010 at 1:11 pm | Report abuse |
    • Tod

      lol, you must be an idiot. There are those of us who work hard to keep ignorant idiots like you working. We start small businesses to try to help build the economy and spread "FREEDOM". Do not assume that the people who write these short comments are poor or not working. There are others like myself who are financially comfortable who are just getting sick and tired of the crap we see, it really is time for a change.

      November 27, 2010 at 1:41 pm | Report abuse |
  13. lawl

    Give the police officer a medal, our country is safe from this country singer now

    November 27, 2010 at 1:11 pm | Report abuse |
  14. Tod

    This is sickening and appalling. I would rather see someone with some pot rather than with a couple bottles of alcohol in their vehicle, especially if the bottle was opened. People just do not understand. We have a lot of really ignorant people out there. Maybe if the politicians could find a way to legally make tons of money in their pockets from pot it would be legal.
    Time to stop this stupid prohibition.

    November 27, 2010 at 1:11 pm | Report abuse |
    • yo mama

      oh shut up

      November 27, 2010 at 1:14 pm | Report abuse |
    • Master_Kush

      Tod is correct. 100,000+ deaths each year in America because of Alcohol.. Guess how many for Marijuana? Even ASPIRIN kills over 4000 people each year! Wake up people, Marijuana is less harmful than most FOOD..

      November 27, 2010 at 1:20 pm | Report abuse |
  15. Criminy

    Pot prisoners never have a nice day.

    November 27, 2010 at 1:12 pm | Report abuse |
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