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Wiz Khalifa has been arrested in Romania for smoking a joint live on stage (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 1 year ago by petrescatraian@libranet.de to c/news@beehaw.org

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Here is the video of the arrest if you're blocking TikTok:
files.catbox.moe/v6i8m8.mp4

Notice how many gendarmes (military police) officers are escorting him. For one joint!

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[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it was in a private venue, why were the police allowed in?

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@delirious_owl not really private, but rather a music festival. It's a large gathering so the police and the ambulances are on duty to make sure everything is going alright.