Dancehall artiste Mad Cobra arrested for possession of cocaine and firearm in South Carolina

On Tuesday, famend dancehall artiste Mad Cobra, legally often known as Ewart Everton Brown, was apprehended following a site visitors cease in Florence County, South Carolina. 

Authorities discovered two kilograms of cocaine in his automobile, resulting in his arrest, as said by the sheriff’s workplace.

Brown has been charged with cocaine trafficking and possession of a firearm throughout a violent crime.

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In line with an official assertion from the Florence County Sheriff’s Division, deputies pulled over the 55-year-old Fort Lauderdale, Florida resident, working a black BMW SUV, for exceeding the pace restrict.

After stopping Brown, deputies purportedly had “cheap suspicion” of criminal activity.

 Consequently, they requested Brown’s permission to look his automobile. In the course of the examination, the legislation enforcement officers discovered two kilograms of cocaine and a 9mm Beretta. 

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Following his arrest, Brown was detained and is presently housed on the Florence County Detention Heart, awaiting his bond listening to.

Mad Cobra, who commanded the dancehall scene within the 90s, skilled a current resurgence in reputation. 

His hit ‘Flex’ was sampled in ‘Lipstick Lover,’ the most recent single from American singer-actress Janelle Monae. 

The monitor ‘Flex’ featured on Mad Cobra’s debut album ‘Exhausting to Moist, Simple to Dry’ (Columbia Information), climbed the charts, securing the quantity 13 place on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart, primary on the Rap Singles chart, and quantity seven on the Sizzling R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Along with ‘Flex,’ Mad Cobra has had appreciable success with different singles, together with ‘Press Set off,’ ‘Dis Dem Anyweh,’ ‘Dun Spouse,’ and ‘Defend It’.

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