Beanie Sigel Arrested In Philly On Gun, Drug Charges


Beanie Sigel

Rapper Beanie Sigel just can't keep it together. Two weeks before he is scheduled to begin serving a two-year prison term, he is busted in Philly.
 Beans (real name: Dwight Grant) was arrested early Wednesday morning (August 29) in his hometown of Philadelphia on drug and weapons possession charges.
Police say the rapper was riding shotgun of a vehicle which had a gun, drugs, and cash in it. The driver was "carrying numerous prescription bottles, several pills wrapped in plastic bags in a cigarette pack, and marijuana," . Meanwhile, Sigel was allegedly carrying a bottle of codeine syrup with the label scratched off -- as well as $4,650 in cash.
Police claim they also found a gun in the center console. Both Sigel and the driver are felons prohibited from possessing a firearm.
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Sigel was sentenced to two years in prison this summer on tax evasion charges, for allegedly failing to file tax returns for the years 2003, 2004, and 2005.
 

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