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. hook em horns

    Apparently US Border Patrol skipped the track about Poncho and Lefty on Willie's Greatest hits. *singing* I heard the Federales say they could catch him any day..." US Border Patrol = fascists jackboot thuglets. God forbid, you catch the mofos poppin up like prairie dogs with the meth and the cocaina.

    November 27, 2010 at 12:57 pm | Report abuse |
  2. wayne

    allallah, you are a TROLL.

    Sorry Willie, but the powers at large, just don't get it do they? When are we going to concentrate our energies on real crime?

    November 27, 2010 at 12:57 pm | Report abuse |
  3. Giarc

    I'd much rather have a pot smoker living next door to me than a crack head or a child molester. Our government really sucks.

    November 27, 2010 at 12:59 pm | Report abuse |
    • katy Heys

      Me too. Particularly if they had some good stuff.

      November 27, 2010 at 1:14 pm | Report abuse |
  4. Pamie

    We all have known that Willie has smoked Pot forever, I don't smoke it but I could care less if he does or anyone else. I'm more worried about real crime, terrorists, North Korea, Iran,Afghanistan, corrupt government agencies{MMS, BLM, FDA},cleaning up and throwing out our Lobby loving reps. Jobs and on and on and on!

    November 27, 2010 at 12:59 pm | Report abuse |
  5. DYBO

    I don't think Willie really gives a damn- I can see him offering the arresting officer a serving of fresh baked brownies.

    November 27, 2010 at 1:00 pm | Report abuse |
  6. Translation

    Arrested? For pot? What happened to a simple fine and got glutting up our court systems with crap like this. He should DUMP TEXAS and move somewhere that's a bit more..............KIND!

    November 27, 2010 at 1:00 pm | Report abuse |
  7. John

    "I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law."
    Martin Luther King

    November 27, 2010 at 1:01 pm | Report abuse |
  8. Stoner

    Now let's get Betty White.

    November 27, 2010 at 1:01 pm | Report abuse |
  9. GoodWithoutGod

    Allah wants to do something with my Willie?

    November 27, 2010 at 1:02 pm | Report abuse |
  10. lvanboven

    Go Willie – this man has been smoking pot longer than most of us has been alive! The border patrol needs to needs to go find some real criminals and let Willie smoke his pot.

    November 27, 2010 at 1:03 pm | Report abuse |
  11. Jenn

    Omg who would have guessed Willie is a pothead? This is as dumb as when Tommy Chung was arrested for selling bongs!

    November 27, 2010 at 1:03 pm | Report abuse |
  12. teepytoppy

    This in a nutshell is why it SHOULD be legal.

    November 27, 2010 at 1:03 pm | Report abuse |
  13. Donald in CA

    Leave Willie alone. That weed keeps his voice strong. All you do gooders worry about whats going on at your own address.

    November 27, 2010 at 1:03 pm | Report abuse |
  14. Tony

    Bet Willie won't be smokin that S&%T any more.. Not ever.. Hunt UH... No NO ... not EVER...NO WAAAYYY JOSE !!!
    Not WILLIE... ROTFLMAO ....................... GET REAL PEOPLE !!! YOUR AN EMBARRASMENT TO THE ENTIRE JUSTICE SYSTEM !! BORDER PATROL AMY ASS !!!! Go PATROL the BORDER PANDEHO !!!

    November 27, 2010 at 1:04 pm | Report abuse |
  15. Martin

    Funny how white America blames all the drugs in America come from Mexico.

    Willie was traveling on a bus from Austin to California. He had the drugs on him the entire way. A drug sniffing dog from the Western Region of the Border Patrol sniffed them out. Must have been grown in the Hill Country of East Texas for Willie to be holding onto such good quality.

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