For the last several days, the internet has been buzzing with the news that the Los Angeles International Airport (Lax) now allows travelers who pass through the hub to carry small amounts of marijuana in their checked luggage or carry on. And indeed, the airport’s website does dedicate a page to this policy, which makes clear that, in accordance with California’s passage of proposition 64, effective January 1, 2018, “the Los Angeles Airport Police Department will allow passengers to travel through Lax with up to 28.5 grams of marijuana and 8 grams of concentrated marijuana.
- 9/28/2018
- by Amelia McDonell-Parry
- Rollingstone.com
Rapper Coolio has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after security found a loaded gun in a carry-on bag during a screening. According to the Associated Press, Lax police were alerted Saturday morning by the Transportation Security Administration, and they arrested a man who claimed the carry-on was his. According to airport police officer Alicia Hernandez, the bag contained items that belonged to the man’s traveling companion who had already boarded an aircraft. The man was later identified as Coolio, who was then booked on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a felon. Also Read: Vice Reporter Arrested While Trying.
- 9/18/2016
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Los Angeles (AP) — Authorities say rapper Coolio has been arrested after a loaded firearm was found in a carry-on bag during security screening at Los Angeles International Airport. Lax police were alerted Saturday morning by the Transportation Security Administration and detained a man who claimed the bag was his. Airport police Officer Alicia Hernandez said an investigation found the bag contained items that belonged to the man's traveling companion, who passed through the screening area and boarded an aircraft. Officers found the other man, later identified as Coolio, and booked him on suspicion of possession of a firearm
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- 9/17/2016
- by the Associated Press, THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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