Rod Wave was arrested in Atlanta after police discovered a child bottle with suspected promethazine in his automobile throughout a visitors cease.

Rod Wave was arrested in Atlanta after police found a child bottle crammed with suspected promethazine in his automobile throughout a late-night visitors cease that started with the rapper allegedly rushing by a residential cease signal.

The 25-year-old Florida native was pulled over Friday night time after an officer noticed him driving 45 mph in a 30 mph zone on Defoor Avenue NW.

According to the arrest warrant, the officer trailed the automobile with out activating lights, writing, “I had a suspicion that the vehicle would flee.”

After following Rod Wave to a QuikTrip gasoline station, police searched his automobile and located what they described as “1 fl oz of a purple liquid” suspected to be promethazine inside a child bottle.

Promethazine, a Schedule V drug, is usually blended with codeine and soda to create lean, a substance deeply ingrained in Southern Hip-Hop tradition.

The use of child bottles to devour lean has develop into a recognizable pattern in sure Hip-Hop circles. The bottles are favored for his or her slow-sip design to assist improve the drug’s sedative impact.

Also within the automobile was Jamond Byner, who was arrested after police discovered roughly 7 grams of marijuana and linked him to the identical child bottle.

The search turned up extra than simply the newborn bottle and a few weed.

Officers additionally recovered extra suspected promethazine, oxycodone—a Schedule II managed substance—a black backpack crammed with bundled money, a Sig Sauer P320 9mm handgun and a Glock .40 caliber pistol with a high-capacity journal tucked into Rod Wave’s waistband.

Rod Wave now faces multiple charges, including possession of a firearm during the commission of certain felonies, possession of Schedule II and Schedule V controlled substances, reckless driving and violating Georgia’s Controlled Substances Act.

He was launched Saturday after posting an $8,000 bond. His lawyer blasted the Atlanta Police Department for profiling Rod Wave.

“We look forward to vigorously challenging this baseless arrest and the clear violations of Mr. Green’s rights in court,” his attorneys mentioned.

The arrest got here on the identical day Rod Wave earned his first Grammy nomination, casting a shadow over what ought to have been a profession milestone.

This incident marks his second run-in with Atlanta regulation enforcement this yr. In May, he surrendered to police in reference to greater than a dozen costs associated to a home name in Milton.

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