Rapper TI arrested over drugs

Police say Rapper TI and wife Tameka Cottle have been arrested in West Hollywood on drug charges.

Los Angeles sheriff's deputy Mark Pope says the arrests for possession of a controlled substance came during a traffic stop, when officers smelled alleged marijuana smoke coming from their vehicle.

He says the 29-year-old TI - whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr - and Cottle, a 36-year-old singer, were booked at the West Hollywood sheriff's station and bail was set at $10,000.

Pope says he's not sure if they were still being held late Thursday (NZT).

TI, who has a key role in the top box office movie Takers, was released from a federal prison in Arkansas in December after serving several months for illegal firearms possession.

- AP