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Justin Bieber arrested for drunk driving and drag racing

by Mark Teo

January 23, 2014

You’d think that, after an egging investigation-related police raid of his home that led to a cocaine bust last week, things couldn’t get much worse for 19-year-old pop singer Justin Bieber.

You’d think.

But at 4 a.m. this morning, things got worse. Much worse. The Biebs was arrested last night in Miami Beach—that’s his mugshot—for drag racing, an offense than can net the “Baby” singer up to six months behind bars and a one-year suspension of his drivers license. But the circumstances surrounding the story are stranger (and stupider) still: Authorities were drawn to the scene after Bieber’s entourage shut down all traffic in order to create a makeshift Fast and Furious-style drag strip.

Worse still, when the police came to arrest Bieber, he was allegedly shittered and completely incoherent. When he was removed from his yellow Lamborghini (pictured above in a photo taken before the incident), he reportedly yelled numerous F-bombs at police officers, before refusing to remove his hands from his pockets—not because he was hiding an eight-ball of nose candy, but because he was resisting arrest. Eventually, a breath test was administered, and predictably, he failed.

He also didn’t have a drivers license on hand.

The police reports for the incident, according the Miami Herald, say that he was drinking beer—in Florida, minors under 21 can only have 0.2 per cent blood-alcohol levels—smoking pot all day, and under the influence of anti-depressants. TMZ has footage from the alleged crime scene, which you can check below.

It all apparently occured on a quiet residential street with a school, a youth centre, and a firehouse. And the police had no trouble finding him.

“It was a cold night, and it was quiet, so the officers could hear the cars,” Miami Beach police chief Raymond Martinez said. “When the cars are going that fast, it takes awhile to catch up.”

To recap, Bieber is charged with three crimes: Driving under the influence, an expired license, and resisting arrest without violence. He’s currently in custody, and you can check an image of from his police report below.

R&B singer Khalil was also arrested on site and charged with drag racing and a DUI. He, along with Justin himself, is the third member of Bieber’s entourage to be arrested in the last week—rapper Lil Za was arrested for possession of cocaine after egging a neighbour’s house.

To add, Khalil was tweeting about the incident all night. “U kno bizzle [Bieber] brought that lambo out,” he tweeted. Then, he posted a photo of them behind the wheel next.