Wiz Khalifa was charged with unlawful drug possession after utilizing marijuana whereas performing on the Seashore Please! Pageant in Romania on Saturday evening.
“The prosecutors of the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism – Constanța Territorial Service ordered the initiation of prison proceedings towards a defendant (US citizen), investigated for the crime of illegal possession of medication threat,” Romanian anti-organized crime prosecutors DIICOT mentioned in a press launch Sunday.
“Throughout a recital held throughout a music pageant held within the resort of Costinești, Constanța county, [Khalifa] possessed over 18 grams of hashish (threat drug) and consumed (on stage) one other quantity of hashish beneath the form of a craft cigarette.”
Barron’s studies the 10-time Grammy nominee and others have been taken in for questioning early Sunday. Khalifa was charged, however launched from custody.
A video posted on-line additionally exhibits the rapper being escorted from the pageant grounds surrounded by a gaggle of Romanian law enforcement officials.
Possession of marijuana in Romania might be punishable by as much as 10 years in jail.
Khalifa — actual identify Cameron Jibril Thomaz — posted on X say that he didn’t “imply any disrespect” to the nation of Romania by “lighting up on stage.”
“They have been very respectful and let me go. I’ll be again quickly. However with no huge ass joint subsequent time,” he added.
