Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, who ran for Florida governor against Ron DeSantis in 2018, was arrested last week in Alabama on drug charges, according to jail records.
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Police in the town of Daphne arrested Gillum, 46, on Thursday on charges of possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana possession, according to Baldwin County jail records.
Chief Brian Gulsby said officers pulled over Gillum around 10:45 p.m. on U.S. Highway 98 because he was driving erratically. Police saw a glass pipe on the center console of Gillum’s car, along with three packages of what turned out to be methamphetamines, Gulsby said.
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According to his arrest report, after searching the car, officers found 3 grams of meth, eight marijuana cigarettes, several “blunts,” which are cigar-paper-wrapped marijuana joints, a bong, three glass pipes and four cut straws.
Celebrity news site TMZ was first to report on Gillum’s arrest.
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