CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – SEPTEMBER 18: Vic Mensa performs during Riot Fest 2021 at Douglass Park on September 18, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images)
Dulles, Va. (WJZ) — Rapper Vic Mensah was arrested at Washington Dulles International Airport on Saturday after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found illicit narcotics in his baggage.
Victor Kwesi Mensah, 28, arrived at the airport via a flight from Ghana at about 7 a.m. on Saturday.
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Federal officers found 41 grams of liquid LSD, about 124 grams of Psilocybin capsules, 178 grams of Psilocybin gummies, and six grams of Psilocybin mushrooms concealed inside his luggage, according to a government press statement.
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Police officers confiscated the narcotics and charged Mensah with felony narcotics possession charges, federal officials said.
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He has been active in the music community since 2013. During that time he has partnered with artists like Kanye West and Sia.
Mensah has won three awards—an NAACP Image Award for outstanding new artist, a Grammy Award for best rap song, and an mtvU Woodie Award for best video.
Narcotics possession remains illegal under federal law and all travelers are subject to that law when departing and arriving at America’s ports of entry.
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CBP processes more than 650,000 travelers who arrived at airports, seaports and land border crossings per year, according to the press statement. Its officers arrest about 25 wanted criminals at ports of entry every day.
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