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Wiz Khalifa has spoken out after being arrested in Romania for unlawful drug possession on Sunday, July 14.
A Romanian anti-organized crime prosecutors group, DIICOT, claimed Khalifa, 36, whose actual identify is Cameron Thomaz, was performing on the “Seashore, Please!” competition in Costinesti, a summer time resort in Romania, when he illegally smoked hashish on stage.
The group additionally claimed to have discovered the rapper in possession of hashish within the early hours of Sunday morning, as reported by Web page Six.
Khalifa took to social media late Sunday evening to deal with the state of affairs.
“Final nights present was wonderful. I didn’t imply any disrespect to the nation of Romania by lighting up on stage,” Khalifa wrote through X. “They have been very respectful and let me go. I’ll be again quickly. However with out the massive ass joint subsequent time.”
Per Web page Six, DIICOT stated in a press launch on Sunday, “The prosecutors of the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism – Constanța Territorial Service ordered the initiation of felony proceedings in opposition to a defendant (US citizen), investigated for the crime of illegal possession of medication threat.”
The discharge claimed that the “See You Once more” musician was discovered with “over 18 grams of hashish,” which is taken into account to be a “threat drug” in Romania, along with having “consumed (on stage) one other quantity of hashish below the form of a craft cigarette.”
Based on the French information company Agence France Presse (AFP), as reported by Barron’s, possession of a “threat drug” is punishable by as much as ten years in jail.
AFP additionally reported that Khalifa was taken in for questioning by native authorities on Sunday however was launched shortly after.
The information comes after Khalifa revealed earlier this yr that he has pulled “up stoned” to parent-teacher conferences for his son, Sebastian, 11.
“I’m pulling up stoned. They count on it,” the rapper quipped in the course of the January 10 episode of the “Name Her Daddy” podcast. “They know what’s up. It’s not like again within the day [where] you’re thought of a foul mother or father when you smoke weed. I’m fairly positive my son smells like weed. I don’t know as a result of I can’t odor it, however I’m fairly positive he smells like pot.”
Khalifa shares his son, nicknamed “Bash,” with ex-wife Amber Rose.
His latest arrest is just not the primary. Khalifa was arrested in 2010 and held in a single day on drug prices in North Carolina following a live performance at East Carolina College in Greenville, based on CBS Information.
On the time, police raided the musician’s tour bus whereas he had been acting on stage, the place they discovered marijuana.