FBI agents reportedly confiscated 70 pounds of marijuana early Sunday from the plane carrying now-deceased Chicago rapper Juice WRLD.
According to a report from TMZ, federal authorities found 70 pounds of marijuana stashed in suitcases aboard the private plane that landed at Midway Airport around 2 a.m. Sunday.
A spokeswoman for the FBI declined to comment on the report Monday morning.
Juice WRLD, born Jarad Anthony Higgins, died early Sunday at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn after suffering cardiac arrest at Midway. He turned 21 last week.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office will perform an autopsy Monday to determine the cause and manner of death.
TMZ, citing law enforcement sources, also reported several people who were on board have told investigators that Juice WRLD had taken “several unknown pills” before he suffered seizures.
Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi previously said there were “no signs of foul play evident to officers,” adding the individuals traveling with Juice WRLD have been cooperating with police.
Guglielmi said Juice WRLD was with about a dozen people, including his entourage, security guards and aircraft staff, and was seen “basically convulsing” at a private hangar.
Guglielmi said two of the guards were armed with weapons. The guards had valid concealed-carry permits, but they don’t allow them to bring weapons to an airport, so they were arrested and charged with misdemeanor gun violations.
Christopher Long, 36, of Buena Park, California, is charged with a misdemeanor count of possession of a firearm, Guglielmi said. Henry Dean, 27, of Chatham, is charged with two counts of possession of a firearm and one count of possessing a high capacity magazine, Guglielmi said. They are due in court Dec. 30.
