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| Justin Bieber has been arrested accused of drag racing in a yellow Lamborghini and driving under the influence in Miami Beach. | |
| The Miami Beach police department confirmed 19-year-old Bieber's arrest on Thursday morning in a tweet on its official Twitter page. | The Miami Beach police department confirmed 19-year-old Bieber's arrest on Thursday morning in a tweet on its official Twitter page. |
| Miami Dade-Police spokesman Sgt. Bobby Hernandez has told WSVN that officers saw two cars racing at 4:09am on 22 January. | |
| According to Hernandez, two vehicles had allegedly been used to block off an area to race. He says the second car was a red Ferrari, and that driver was also arrested. Both cars were towed. | |
| Hernandez also added that 19-year-old Bieber failed a field sobriety test and was taken to the Miami Beach police station for a Breathalyzer and processing. Bieber will be transported soon to the Miami-Dade County jail. | |
| Bieber is no stranger to controversy, most recently the police searched his house just over a week ago in relation to an alleged "egging" incident. What started as the investigation into the prank took a more serious turn when police raiding his home on a vandalism charge arrested a member of his entourage for alleged possession of cocaine. The rapper Lil Za – real name Xavier Smith – was taken into custody in lieu of a $20,000 bail charge. | |
| In October, prosecutors declined to charge Bieber after a neighbor complained he drove recklessly through the area, while prosecutors in November 2012 also declined to charge the singer after a paparazzo accused him of punching and hitting him after leaving a Calabasas movie theater. | |
| In July, Swedish police said they had found drugs and a stun gun on the pop singer's tour bus during Bieber's tumultuous 2013 European tour, which also included a monkey detention, a Holocaust museum furore and a health scare. |