Paris Hilton arrested on cocaine charge: Police

Las Vegas: Police say Paris Hilton has been arrested for possession of cocaine after officers stopped the car she was in on a Las Vegas street late Friday night.

Public Information officer Marcus Martin says Hilton was booked into the Clark County Detention Centre early Saturday morning on a charge of possession of cocaine. He says she was in a car driven by a friend that was stopped when officers noticed what they suspected to be marijuana smoke coming from it. Martin says that during the stop officers found what appeared to be a controlled substance on Hilton and tests showed that it was cocaine. He says he doesn`t know how much of the drug was found. Las Vegas police Lt. Wayne Holman says that Hilton was still being held around 2 a.m. Saturday. He says she will probably be released on her own recognizance later in the morning. Bureau Report