Rapper Vic Mensa arrested on drug charges at Dulles Airport in Washington DC

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Rapper Vic Mensa arrested at DC airport for drug possession
Rapper Vic Mensa was arrested at Dulles Airport for alleged possession of illegal drugs including LSD and shrooms, police said Monday.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago rapper Vic Mensa was arrested at Dulles Airport outside Washington D.C. for alleged possession of illegal drugs, police said Monday.

According to authorities, the 28-year-old landed at Dulles on a flight from Ghana at about 7 a.m. Saturday. During a second baggage examination, Customs and Border Protection officers said they found a cache of drugs in his luggage.

Police said CBP agents found 41 grams of liquid LSD, about 124 grams of psilocybin capsules, 178 grams of psilocybin gummies, and six grams of psilocybin mushrooms in the luggage.

Mensa, whose real name is Victor Kwesi Mensah, has been charged with felony narcotic possession charges and was taken into custody by the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority. It was not clear if a bond hearing had been held.