Western Kentucky linebacker Der'Quione Mobley was arrested Monday night by campus police and charged with drug trafficking within 1,000 feet of the school.
According to the Bowling Green Daily News, police were called after someone complained that people were smoking pot near an on-campus dorm.
The officer made contact with Mobley and two other subjects, one of whom was also arrested and is not a WKU student-athlete, in the area of Preston Center and Poland Hall, according to the report.
The subjects "stated they had been smoking marijuana near Southwest Hall," according to the report, and Mobley and another subject stated they had marijuana in their backpacks. They consented to a search of their bags.
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Per police, Mobley's bag had 1.25 ounces of marijuana. The other person had 1.14 ounces of marijuana in a bag. They also reportedly had a digital scale, plastic bags and $325 in cash.
While you may feel that an arrest for marijuana possession given the small amounts is a heavy punishment, you can't argue that it's not the smartest decision in the world to be allegedly smoking marijuana near a dorm when you know it's illegal to do so.
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Mobley is a redshirt freshman and didn't play in WKU's season-opening 14-12 win over Vanderbilt. He went to Louisville Central High School.
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