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Young Thug arrested in Brookhaven on drug charges

Rapper Young Thug was arrested over the weekend at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport on drug charges.  
Jeffrey Lamar Williams IMAGE DEKALB COUNTY JAIL

Rapper Young Thug was arrested over the weekend at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport on drug charges.

The entertainer, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, was arrested along with two people on Saturday and charged with possession of marijuana, according to Brookhaven police.

Williams and Cedric Jones were charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana, along with possession of Xanax, Codeine, Ecstasy and possession of a firearm in violation of the state's controlled susbstances act.

Sergio Kitchens was arrested on a misdemeanor traffic charge.

Saturday's arrest is just the latest incident in which Williams has gotten into trouble with the law. This past March, the rapper was accused of slapping a woman in the parking lot of a College Park bar.

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Williams was also arrested last December at Lenox Square in Buckhead on charges of driving a stolen vehicle and failure to appear for a previous court hearing.

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