Paris Police Detain Rapper Lil Baby, Frisk NBA Star Harden

Paris Police Detain Rapper Lil Baby, Frisk NBA Star Harden
Lil Baby attends the BET Awards 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 27, 2021. Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET
The Associated Press
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PARIS—American rapper Lil Baby was detained in Paris on Thursday for allegedly transporting drugs, according to the city prosecutor’s office.

NBA star James Harden was also stopped but not detained, the prosecutor’s office said. Images shared on social networks showed the Brooklyn Nets star briefly frisked in the incident on one of the French capital’s most elite avenues.

The prosecutor’s office said one other person was also detained, without releasing the identity. An investigation is under way.

Harden and Lil Baby, whose real name is Dominique Jones, have been in Paris to attend fashion week, according to local media.