NBA’s Taurean Prince Won’t Face Charges Over Drug Arrest

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taurean Prince is breathing much easier heading into the holiday … TMZ Sports has actually discovered he will not face charges coming from his drug arrest.

According to court files, a grand jury decreased to charge him with belongings of an illegal drug recently. Days later on, district attorneys dismissed the weapon charges he was dealing with associated to the case also.

Prince was at first pulled over by the Arlington Police Dept. in Texas back on May 19 … after officers stated he was driving with an ended registration. During the stop, polices state the basketball gamer informed them he had 2 pistols in the cars and truck … so officers asked him to leave the lorry.

During an effort to obtain the weapons from the cars and truck, polices state they discovered a vape pen … and browsed his trip even more. They state they then discovered a container with cannabis inside.

Following test results on the vape pen, polices got a warrant for Prince’s arrest — and in Miami in August, the 28-year-old was taken into custody over it.

“The charges were dropped because the search was clearly illegal,” Prince’s lawyer, Kent Schaffer, informed us in a declaration on Friday. “On top of that, carrying a gun is legal in Texas, if not encouraged, and the amount of marijuana alleged to be in the vehicle was probably les than a usable quantity.”