Cops are not likely to charge anyone over the astonishing 70lbs stash of marijuana found on the late rapper Juice WRLD’s private jet, it has been claimed.
A search of luggage aboard the rapper’s Atlantic Aviation hangar at a Chicago airfield last Sunday yielded 41 ‘vacuum-sealed’ bags – or 70 pounds – of marijuana and six bottles of prescription codeine cough syrup, which contains opioids.
Investigators also confirmed that two 9mm pistols, a .40-caliber pistol, a high-capacity ammunition magazine and metal-piercing bullets were also found.
The searched suitcases did not have name tags and the investigation has reportedly failed to gain traction due to a lack of evidence as officers continue to test the luggage for DNA evidence.
It’s not likely anyone will be charged over the astonishing 70lbs stash of marijuana found on the late rapper Juice WRLD’s (pictured) private jet, police sources say
The search of luggage aboard the jet yielded 70 pounds – or 41 ‘vacuum-sealed’ bags – of marijuana and six bottles of prescription codeine cough syrup, which contains opioids
Juice Wrld (far right, on his jet earlier this year with his friends and girlfriend Ally Lotti) died on the jet on Sunday during a police raid
However police sources told TMZ that even if they manage to match up the DNA, it will be tricky to prove whether the individuals packed the drugs into the suitcases themselves.
The rapper had been with around 10 or 12 people at the time of seizure, including girlfriend Ally Lotti, other associates, aircraft staff and two security guards, Henry Dean, 27, of Chicago, and Christopher Long, 36 (above), who was arrested on gun possession charges
No one associated with Juice WRLD has claimed responsibility for the stash of illicit drugs found on the aircraft, TMZ reported.
The 21-year-old rapper, whose real name was Jarad Higgins, died after suffering a seizure while Homeland Security agents working as part of an FBI task force confiscated a mountain of drugs and weapons in the raid on his plane.
No arrests have yet been made in relation to the drugs and it unknown why he had quite so much.
The rapper’s two bodyguards, Henry Dean, 27, of Chicago, and Christopher Long, 36, of California were arrested on weapons offenses.
Dean was charged with carrying a concealed firearm at an airport and possessing a high-capacity magazine and metal-piercing bullets, police said. He had a permit to carry a gun in Illinois, but weapons are banned from being carried in airports.
Long, meanwhile, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm. They have both been released since and are due in court later this month.
Footage from social media from Chris Long’s instagram page shows the entourage stepping off from the plane in Chicago moments before being intercepting by police and federal agents waiting for them inside the Atlantic Aviation hangar
Juice Wrld and his girlfriend Ally Lotti are pictured together on his jet in November
Juice WRLD (seen right aboard the jet) is said to have taken ‘several unknown pills’ moments before falling ill
During the airport bust, the rapper reportedly fatally ingested a number of Percocet painkillers to hide them from police as they searched his luggage for drugs and guns.
Police and federal agents had been waiting inside the Atlantic Aviation hangar for the 21-year-old’s flight to arrive from Los Angeles at 1:30am Sunday morning, following a tip the musician was in possession of contraband.
Last month sources revealed the rapper had a run in with officials at LAX when his entourage was mobbed by sniffer dogs. They were later allowed to board the flight to Sydney, Australia.
As officers began sifting through his and his entourage’s suitcases, the up and coming artist – real name Jarad Higgins – was reportedly seen swallowing several Percocet pills in what witnesses believe was an attempt to hide them.
Members of Higgins’ entourage said the ‘Lucid Dreams’ star had taken ‘several unknown pills’ moments before falling ill, TMZ reported.
No drug charges have yet been filed against any of the people on board the flight. The marijuana and codeine were found in suitcases that didn’t have name tags on them
Sources say the consumption of the pills likely contributed to Higgins’ death in a possible overdose, as, shortly afterwards he began ‘convulsing’ and then suffered a seizure.
An agent is said to have administered Higgins two doses of Narcan, an emergency treatment used when an opioid overdose is suspected.
Higgins, who ominously once rapped ‘What’s the 27 club? We ain’t making it past 21,’ had been due to attend his 21st birthday on the night of his death, Page Six reported.
Higgins eventually woke up after 40 minutes of treatment but was incoherent and bleeding from the mouth, police said.
Higgins, who ominously once rapped ‘What’s the 27 club? We ain’t making it past 21,’ had been due to attend his 21st birthday on the night of his death, Page Six reported
He’s understood to have been conscious when he was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn but was pronounced dead just an hour later.
The rapper had been with around 10 or 12 people at the time of the fatal seizure, including his girlfriend Ally Lotti and his two security guards.
An investigation remains ongoing.
The rapper’s ex-girlfriend Alexia Smith, 21, previously told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview that she knew what Higgins had died from before the reports came out, as she witnessed the rapper’s heavy drug use daily while they dated in 2018.
Smith claimed he would take up to three potent Percocet pills a day and mix the drugs with a cough syrup concoction called lean before their relationship fell apart when she tried to help him get clean.
Alexia Smith, the ex-girlfriend of rapper Juice Wrld, has claimed he would take up to three potent Percocet pills a day, and would mix drugs with a cough syrup concoction called lean before their relationship fell apart when she tried to help him get clean, she told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview