Man appearing in court for possessing marijuana arrested in court for possessing marijuana

Police in Port Authority, New Jersey, on Thursday arrested a man who took marijuana to the borough court where he was scheduled to appear on charges including marijuana possession.

Richard Thompson, 32, of Stamford, Connecticut, arrived at court at around 10:20am with a backpack, according to police spokesman Joe Pentangelo.



As part of standard security screenings, officials opened the bag and discovered less than 50 grams of marijuana inside.

They also found two packets of rolling papers and an unrolled cigar wrapper often re-used to smoke marijuana, Pentangelo said. Thompson was arrested on charges of having marijuana and drug paraphernalia.