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Fiona Apple performing in Austin in 2012.
By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, TODAY
Singer Fiona Apple was arrested Wednesday night for hashish possession and is being held in the Hudspeth County Jail in Sierra Blanca, Texas, a jail official confirmed to TODAY.
Apple was arrested around 10 p.m. CT Wednesday night, the official said, and as of Thursday morning, was still jailed waiting for bond to be set, the official said.
The drug was reportedly found on her tour bus, according to TMZ.com, which also reports some marijuana was found.
Apple is scheduled to play the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas, on?Thursday night and then play a concert in Houston on Friday night. A call placed to the Moody Theater was not immediately returned.
Apple is far from the only singer to spend time in the Hudspeth County Jail for drug charges. The Huffington Post reports?that Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg and actor Armie Hammer are among those who have arrested at a nearby border-patrol checkpoint. According to the Huffington Post, "drug-sniffing dogs inspect more than 17,000 trucks, travelers and tour buses daily" at the checkpoint.
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