Supermodel Gigi Hadid was arrested along with her friend for alleged possession of marijuana in the Cayman Islands last week, foreign media reported. The two were subsequently released and fined $1,000 Cayman Islands Dollars. Gigi Hadid had flown to the islands on a private jet from the United States on July 10, People reported.
At the airport, she was caught with “ganja and utensils used for the consumption of ganja” when she put her bags through a scanner and hand examination of the luggage upon suspicion, according to a report by Cayman Marl Road.
Two days later, Gigi Hadid and her friend were produced before a court where they pleaded guilty and were fined $1,000. No conviction was recorded. Following her release, Hadid, 28, posted photos of her beach vacation with her friends. “All’s well that ends well,” she captioned the Instagram post.
According to local outlet Cayman Hadid and a friend were arrested on July 10 at the Owen Roberts International Airport on “suspicion of Importation of Ganja and Importation of Utensils used for the consumption of ganja” after their bags were searched by officials while being processed through customs. The outlet reports that “the quantities were relatively small and were seemingly for personal consumption.”
Hadid and her friend pleaded guilty during a July 12 court appearance where they were sentenced on the following offences: “Importation of a Controlled Drug” and “Importation of a Drug Utensill” according to the Court of the Cayman Islands.
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