Lil Wayne's Private Jet Is Being Searched In Miami By Federal Agents

Rapper Lil Wayne flew into Miami on Monday aboard a private jet that was stopped by federal agents at Miami-Opa locka Executive Airport, according to three law enforcement sources.

Agents had received a tip about drugs possibly being transported and, as of late afternoon, were obtaining a search warrant from a Miami federal judge to inspect the aircraft, the sources said.

It was not yet clear whether any contraband was aboard or whether anyone was going to be charged. The federal search, which included investigators with the FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and other agencies, was getting underway Monday evening. Miami-Dade police officers were also part of the search squad.

There's rumors guns were found on the plane but that's not confirmed.

If anyone is charged, the person could face a Christmas in federal custody. Under normal protocol, anyone charged would be taken to the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami and would have a first appearance in federal court on Thursday. The federal courts are closed Tuesday and Wednesday for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

The plane — a Gulfstream G-V capable of accommodating up to 14 passengers and crew — was traveling from California, according to Opa-locka airport officials. Agents discovered that Lil Wayne, popularly known as Weezy but whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., was a passenger on the plane along with others. All of the passengers had to wait at the airport until federal agents completed the search of the private aircraft.

Carter, who according to records now owns a 10,000-square-foot home in Miami Beach, made headlines in May when he refused to play the Rolling Loud hip-hop festival in Miami Gardens because of a mandatory police check.

Before he was set to take the stage, he tweeted: “I’m sorry but I won’t be performing.”

“The Festival Police (Not Rolling Loud) made it mandatory that I had to be policed and checked to get on the stadium grounds,” he posted. “I do not and will not ever settle for being policed to do my job and give you guys a great show.”

Lil Wayne, who doesn’t have any current tour dates, used to live in a 15,101-square-foot waterfront home at 94 La Gorce Circle on Miami Beach. He sold it for about $9 million in 2017.

That is the home that Lil Wayne lived in when he was the target of a hoax. Police swarmed the home after a report that four people had been shot. Police later said it was believed to be a swatting incident.

After a three-year legal battle with former label boss Bryan “Birdman” Williams, the New Orleans’ rapper released the highly anticipated “Tha Carter V” album in September 2018.

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