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Wiz Khalifa has spoken out after being arrested in Romania for illegal drug possession on Sunday, July 14.
A Romanian anti-organized crime prosecutors organization, DIICOT, claimed Khalifa, 36, whose real name is Cameron Thomaz, was acting at the “Beach, Please!” festival in Costinesti, a summer resort in Romania, when he illegally smoked cannabis on stage.
The organization also claimed to have found the rapper in possession of cannabis within the early hours of Sunday morning, as reported by Page Six.
Khalifa took to social media late Sunday night to deal with the situation.
“Last nights show was amazing. I didn’t mean any disrespect to the country of Romania by lighting up on stage,” Khalifa wrote via X. “They were very respectful and let me go. I’ll be back soon. But without the massive ass joint next time.”
Per Page Six, DIICOT said in a press release on Sunday, “The prosecutors of the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism – Constanța Territorial Service ordered the initiation of criminal proceedings against a defendant (US citizen), investigated for the crime of illegal possession of medication risk.”
The discharge claimed that the “See You Again” musician was found with “over 18 grams of cannabis,” which is taken into account to be a “risk drug” in Romania, along with having “consumed (on stage) one other amount of cannabis under the form of a craft cigarette.”
Based on the French news agency Agence France Presse (AFP), as reported by Barron’s, possession of a “risk drug” is punishable by as much as ten years in prison.
AFP also reported that Khalifa was taken in for questioning by local authorities on Sunday but was released shortly after.
The news 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 expect it,” the rapper quipped in the course of the January 10, episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “They know what’s up. It’s not like back within the day [where] you’re considered a foul parent when you smoke weed. I’m pretty sure my son smells like weed. I don’t know because I can’t smell it, but I’m pretty sure he smells like pot.”
Khalifa shares his son, nicknamed “Bash,” with ex-wife Amber Rose.
His recent arrest just isn’t the primary. Khalifa was arrested in 2010 and held overnight on drug charges in North Carolina following a concert at East Carolina University in Greenville, in accordance with CBS News.
On the time, police raided the musician’s tour bus while he had been acting on stage, where they found marijuana.
