Rapper Wiz Khalifa was arrested this weekend in Romania over unlawful drug possession expenses. He later apologized on social media.
“Throughout a recital held throughout a music competition held within the Costinești resort, Constanța county, [Khalifa] possessed over 18 grams of hashish (danger drug) and consumed (onstage) one other quantity of hashish underneath the form of a craft cigarette,” a translated press launch from Romanian anti-organized crime prosecutors DIICOT reads. “We make it clear that, throughout the whole felony course of, the investigated individuals profit from the procedural rights and ensures supplied by the Code of Legal Process, in addition to the presumption of innocence.”
Hashish is prohibited for leisure use in Romania. Khalifa was within the nation for the Seashore Please! Pageant, the place he carried out on Saturday evening. A video on-line exhibits the rapper being escorted out of the venue by authorities. He was charged with unlawful drug possession, however was later launched from custody.
“Final nights present was superb,” Khalifa later wrote on X, previously Twitter. “I 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 large ass joint subsequent time.”
