{"id":181003,"date":"2023-09-06T18:18:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=181003"},"modified":"2023-09-06T18:18:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:18:44","slug":"rapper-russ-millions-banned-from-driving-after-driving-on-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/rapper-russ-millions-banned-from-driving-after-driving-on-cannabis\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Russ Millions banned from driving after driving on cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Chart-topping rapper Russ Millions is banned from driving his blue BMW X6 Series after police caught him at the wheel while nearly three times the cannabis limit<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Deptford rapper was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined \u00a31K<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chart-topping rapper Russ Millions has been banned from driving after police caught him at the wheel while nearly three times the cannabis limit.<\/p>\n<p>The 27 year-old, whose 2021 hit &#8216;Body&#8217; was the first drill rap single to reach Number One, had splashed out on a blue BMW X6 Series with his recording earnings.<\/p>\n<p>However, on March 1 another motorist reported\u00a0him to the police for allegedly cutting him up in south-east London\u00a0and a policeman detected a strong smell of cannabis and Millions was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Deptford-born Millions, who lives in Bromley,\u00a0pleaded guilty to driving on Mottingham Road with a THC cannabinol reading of 5.8 micrograms per litre of blood &#8211; the legal limit is 2.0.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared at Bromley Magistrates&#8217; Court on Monday under his real name Shylo Millwood, where he was disqualified from driving for twelve months, fined \u00a31,000, with \u00a385 costs and ordered to pay a \u00a3400 surcharge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/18\/75132379-12488117-image-a-11_1694019835092.jpg\" height=\"930\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Russ Millions has been banned from driving after police caught him at the wheel nearly three times the cannabis limit<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/18\/75132389-12488117-image-a-9_1694019777041.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The rapper was disqualified from driving for twelve months, fined \u00a31,000, with \u00a385 costs and ordered to pay a \u00a3400 surcharge<\/p>\n<p>He also pleaded guilty to driving in breach of his licence, namely without L-plates and driving without insurance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was his first car and he took it out with a family member in his fifties and if he had L-plates he would have been fine,&#8217; said Colin Witcher, defending.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The other vehicle&#8217;s driver pointed him out, claiming he had been cut up near the petrol station and it is correct Mr Millwood had consumed cannabis earlier that day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;His mother is in court to support him and has taken the day off work and she has expressed her frustration at his behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He was lining-up to have a driving test and had a nice new car, which his mother will now be driving exclusively. The car was to have given him the freedom he wanted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It will have consequences,&#8217; added Mr Witcher. &#8216;He is not proud of it and wants to put it behind him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Millions has previous convictions for possessing heroin and cannabis in 2016 and possessing cannabis in 2017, plus a record of failing to comply with court community orders.<\/p>\n<p>His debut hit in 2018 &#8216;Gun Lean&#8217; was the first of the genre to break the top ten and Millions&#8217; video performance inspired a dance craze, particularly mimicked by football star Jesse Lingered.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/18\/75132375-12488117-image-a-10_1694019779292.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rapper Russ Millions also enjoyed a further top ten hit with &#8216;Keisha &amp; Becky&#8217; in 2019<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor Sophie Young told the court: &#8216;When the officer spoke to Mr Millwood there was a strong smell of cannabis and a roadside drugs swipe was requested.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This was initially refused and he was arrested. He then consented to the test and it was returned positive.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am aware of the journey you were taking that day, but you have to display L-plates and be incredibly careful about insurance policies, which can be incredibly complicated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If you are still smoking cannabis you should know it remains in your system for a long time, it may even still be in your system for a week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If this happens again within the next ten years the minimum disqualification will be three years.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Body&#8217; was also a number One in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland and Millions enjoyed a further top ten hit with &#8216;Keisha &amp; Becky&#8217; in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12488117\/Rapper-Russ-Millions-banned-driving-police-caught-three-times-cannabis-limit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chart-topping rapper Russ Millions is banned from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":181002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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