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X Marks Spot for Jimmy Buffett?
10/06/2006 7:52 PM, E! Online
Josh Grossberg
Memo to Parrotheads: Cheeseburgers in paradise, no problem;
drugs in France, well, that's another story...
Jimmy Buffett was briefly detained this week for allegedly having 100 tabs of
Ecstasy in his luggage during a trip to the French Riviera.
Per French media reports, the "Margaritaville" mastermind's private
jet landed at Toulon-Hyeres International Airport for the start of a
vacation in the posh resort town of Saint-Tropez.
But
instead of finding his lost shaker of salt, customs officials turned up
what they claimed were illicit drugs. Airport officials were quoted in
local reports saying the 59-year-old Buffett had more 100 tabs of
Ecstasy with him.
He was not arrested, however. Instead,
he paid about a $400 fine and was allowed to continue on his way.
Buffett's publicist did not immediately return a call
seeking comment Friday. But in a brief interview with the New York
Post, the rep disputed French newspaper accounts, saying customs
officials had found only 20 pills and claimed it was medicine prescribed
by a physician. The spokeswoman did not disclose what the pills were nor
did she elaborate on why the entertainer was forced to pay a fine.
The Grammy winner's latest disc, the country-flavored
Take the Weather with You, hits stores next Tuesday.
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