• Newark Liberty International Airport authorities found a loaded gun in a carry-on bag containing rapper Juelz Santana’s identification
  • The 36-year-old New York native reportedly took off running after cops noticed the gun in the bag passing through an X-ray at a security checkpoint
  • Santana was arrested in 2011 after being caught with 17 bags marijuana, a pair of loaded handguns and ammunition
  • Port Authority Police Department detectives are currently searching for him

By Associated Press and Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 18:35 GMT, 10 March 2018 | Updated: 03:03 GMT, 11 March 2018

Juelz Santana reportedly took off running after cops noticed the gun in the bag passing through an X-ray at a security checkpoint

Juelz Santana reportedly took off running after cops noticed the gun in the bag passing through an X-ray at a security checkpoint

Airport police are searching for rapper Juelz Santana after a loaded gun was found in a carry-on bag containing his identification at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Friday evening. 

Santana reportedly took off running after agents noticed the .38-caliber handgun in the bag passing through an X-ray at a security checkpoint, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman said.

Authorities believe he might have fled the scene at Terminal C in a taxi. 

A law enforcement official said on Saturday that Port Authority Police Department detectives are searching for the 36-year-old New York City-born rapper, who lives in New Jersey. 

The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity because no arrests have been made.

Representatives for Santana, who’s real name is LaRon James, haven’t returned a message seeking comment.

The rapper is best known as a member of the New York rap group The Diplomats.

It’s not the first time he gets in trouble with the law: in 2011 he was arrested at his New Jersey recording studio after being caught with 17 bags marijuana, a pair of loaded handguns and ammunition.

Santana was arrested in 2011 after being caught with 17 bags marijuana, a pair of loaded handguns and ammunition (pictured is the mugshot from that arrest)

Santana was arrested in 2011 after being caught with 17 bags marijuana, a pair of loaded handguns and ammunition (pictured is the mugshot from that arrest)

Santana was arrested in 2011 after being caught with 17 bags marijuana, a pair of loaded handguns and ammunition (pictured is the mugshot from that arrest)

The rapper is best known as a member of the New York rap group The Diplomats

The rapper is best known as a member of the New York rap group The Diplomats

The rapper is best known as a member of the New York rap group The Diplomats

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