Actor Macaulay Culkin was jailed on Friday 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 on 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 controlled dangerous substance without a prescription, possession of marijuana, and a municipal charge of possession of marijuana,” it said.
Both the driver and Culkin, who posted bond and left jail a short time later, were described as cooperative during the incident.
Culkin was one of the highest-paid child actors of all time when he starred in two Home Alone movies in 1990 and 1992, but has not recaptured his former fame in his acting career since then. — Sapa-AFP