LIL WAYNE PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN ARIZONA CASE: Rapper faces several drug charges stemming from raided tour bus

Lil Wayne pleaded not guilty in Arizona Superior Court Tuesday on various drug and weapons charges stemming from a police search of his tour bus in January.

The rapper is due back in court on May 19 to face charges of possession of dangerous drugs, possession of a narcotic drug for sale, misconduct involving weapons and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

The traffic stop near a border checkpoint outside of Yuma went sour after a Border Patrol dog alerted officials to the presence of drugs on the bus. A subsequent search uncovered 41 grams of ecstasy, four ounces of marijuana, a little over an ounce of cocaine and a .40 caliber pistol, which is registered to Wayne in Florida.

Police also confiscated $22,000 dollars in cash and two other firearms.