PHOTO: Willie Nelson's Mug Shot After Latest Pot Bust

Posted on Nov 29, 2010 @ 10:10AM

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We've got the mug shot taken after country music legend Willie Nelson was arrested at a Border Patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas, for allegedly possessing six ounces of marijuana.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Nelson, 77, was traveling in his tour bus from California to Austin, Texas when he was detained by Border Patrol agents Friday morning.

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The 10-time Grammy Award winner was charged with a misdemeanor and booked into the Hudspeth County Jail. He was later released after posting a $2,500 bond.

Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West told a local newspaper: "He could get 180 days in county jail... If he does, I'm going to make him cook and clean."

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It's not the singer's first run in with the law, as Louisiana authorities searched Nelson's tour bus back in 2006, and found about a pound-and-a-half of marijuana and mushrooms.

Nelson has long been an advocate for the legalization of marijuana. "It’s a matter of time, a matter of education, a matter of people finding out what cannabis, marijuana is for, why it grows out of the ground and why it’s prescribed as one of the greatest stress medicines on the planet," the singer said in 2008.

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Why don't they leave him alone and go after the hard core drug pushers!!!
The guy bothers no one with his habit.

by Vandy
Posted Tue, 11/30/2010 - 8:45am

he's lived a tough life like all his buddies did Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings..and one more that escapes my mind..He'll be fine..

by earlybird
Posted Mon, 11/29/2010 - 5:05pm

So border patrol arrest Willie because they can "handle" him? No fear there - wow impressive! Let the real murderers and druggies go!

by frogkisser
Posted Mon, 11/29/2010 - 5:05pm

Oh come on, give me a break.. go arrest some real criminals! There is plenty of murder & mayhem & they have to arrest the most kind & laid back 77 year old. FREE WILLIE & leave him alone.

by janvl
Posted Mon, 11/29/2010 - 3:23pm

He's 77. What do you expect him to look like? Let him have his marijuana medication.

by stonedbuzz
Posted Mon, 11/29/2010 - 2:22pm

Yikes! I thought that mug shot was a Halloween mask!!! He looks horrible.

by Reader31
Posted Mon, 11/29/2010 - 2:20pm

They should leave him alone, Its not like he was taking tons accross the border to sell, it was for his own personal use. Yeah so its illegal but cut the old guy a break.

by crackheadgabby
Posted Mon, 11/29/2010 - 2:05pm