Veteran NBA forward Kenneth Faried, recently acquired by the Brooklyn Nets, was reportedly arrested and charged with a misdemeanor marijuana possession count following his arrest early Sunday morning on Long Island.
According to TMZ.com, Faried was arrested when the vehicle in which he was a passenger was stopped at a sobriety checkpoint on the Montaul Highway in Bridgehampton, N.Y.
A representative of the Southampton Town Police Department told TMZ that the officer at the checkpoint detected the smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle.
The officer at the scene noticed a “strong odor of marijuana was emanating from inside the vehicle.