POINSETT COUNTY, Ark. - Authorities in Arkansas arrested former Memphis Grizzlies superstar Tony Allen on drug charges.

Poinsett County Sheriff Kevin Molder said that deputies pulled over a car on I-555 near Payneway on Wednesday. Allen was a passenger inside that car being driven by William Hatton, according to Molder.

Deputies smelled marijuana during the traffic stop and had both Allen and Hatton get out of the car. While searching Allen, deputies found a package containing marijuana, the sheriff said. Hatton confessed to owning another package of marijuana.

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Inside the car, deputies said they found drug paraphernalia and a cigarette box in the passenger seat pouch where Allen was sitting. Inside that box,

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