Lil Za Arrested For Felony Drug Possession At Justin Bieber's House Raid

Cop trying to crack the Justin Bieber egg-tossing case found drugs at the singer’s Southern California mansion — but the pop star was able to scramble his way out of trouble.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said the drugs — initially thought to be cocaine — belonged to one of Bieber’s friends living at the home.

Xavier (Lil Za) Smith, 20, who was whisked out of the party palace in handcuffs on Tuesday, was charged with felony drug possession.

As Smith waited for someone to shell out his $20,000 bail, he picked up an additional felony vandalism charge after damaging a phone in lock-up, Lt. Michael Williams told the Daily News.

His bail was then jacked up another $50,000, Williams said.

Bieber was among the seven or eight people at the house during the egg-related search early Tuesday.

“The cocaine, I believe, was in plain view of the deputies when they were looking for the other evidence,” Lt. David Thompson told reporters.

“(Bieber) was not connected to that cocaine other than the gentleman was staying at his residence,” Thompson said.

Hours after the news conference, Thompson told reporters the drugs were thought to be Ecstasy and Xanax, instead of cocaine. Authorities were testing the drugs late Tuesday, he said.

Smith could face up to three years in prison if convicted of cocaine possession. Possession of Ecstasy carries a lesser punishment of no more than a year in jail.

The 19-year-old Bieber is under investigation after allegedly hurling raw eggs at his next-door neighbor's house last Thursday night.

The victim videotaped some of his reaction to the assault, and the video, leaked to gossip website TMZ, captured a voice that sounded like Bieber's.

“The investigation is ongoing,” Thompson said of the Canadian crooner. “He was not arrested nor exonerated at this time.”


Bieber didn’t answer questions or give a statement about his alleged felony vandalism as detectives searched his residence in upscale Calabasas and recovered evidence after viewing some surveillance video, the cop said.

The irate neighbor, Jeffrey Schwartz, claims he saw the Biebs from his second-floor balcony. Schwartz quickly called police and said the star threw at least 20 eggs at his home, causing about $20,000 in damage to his plaster and wood exterior.

“The Venetian plaster can be damaged easily. Once it stains, you can’t just spot-clean it,” a source close to Schwartz told The News.


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