Macaulay Culkin arrested on drug charges

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Actor Macaulay Culkin was jailed on charges of possessing marijuana and a dangerous controlled substance without a prescription, police said.

Culkin, 24, was a passenger in a car that was pulled over for speeding Friday in Oklahoma, Captain Jeffrey Becker of the Oklahoma City Police Department said in a statement.

Police were given permission to search the car by its driver and found marijuana and 3,000 dollars cash in a bag that Culkin said belonged to him.

Culkin was also carrying pills, later identified as Xanex and Clonzebam, in his pocket, and admitted that he did not have a prescription for them, the statement said.

"Culkin was transported to the Oklahoma County Jail and booked on the state charges of possession of a...