Terius Gray, better known to rap music fans as Juvenile, was arrested on drug charges with three other people.
Terius Gray, better known to rap music fans as Juvenile, was arrested on drug charges with three other people when police smelled, then saw, two burning marijuana cigarettes in the car they were in. Gray was a front seat passenger in the rented Lincoln Town Car stopped at a New Orleans intersection where police had set up a checkpoint to make sure drivers were carrying proof of insurance.

“Officers detected a very strong odour of burning marijuana coming from the vehicle,” police spokesman Sgt. Paul Accardo said in a news release. “Officers then observed two, still burning, marijuana cigarettes in the ashtray and subsequently arrested all four occupants for possession of marijuana.”

The men were later booked with possession of cocaine after officers found a small amount of cocaine in the trunk of the car, Accardo said. Gray, 27, also faces a simple robbery charge from an incident in September. Police said two of Gray’s associates took $200 from a barber whom Gray had accused of bootlegging a Juvenile compact disc. Gray could not be reached for comment.