Smell Of Marijuana, NBA Basketball Player James Harden Was Searched By French Police

JAKARTA - Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden was arrested but later released by French police who arrested rapper Lil Baby in Paris as part of a narcotics investigation.

NBC News confirmed initial reports of Harden being detained by police in Paris where prosecutor documents show Dominique Armani Jones, or Lil Baby, was arrested.

Harden was with a group of celebrities during Fashion Week. He was only briefly detained and was never in police custody.

French newspaper Le Parisien showed a video taken by passersby showing Harden and another person being searched by police in their trouser pockets.

Authorities initially ordered Harden and Jones to get out of their vehicle when police smelled marijuana.

The newspaper said police entered the area at 4:50 p.m. local time to follow up on reports of people getting out of a vehicle smelling marijuana, which is illegal in France.