Grammy-winning singer arrested for bringing drugs into Guam

HAGATNA, Guam — Grammy Award-winning singer Yvonne Elliman-Alexander and her husband were arrested in Guam for being in possession of methamphetamine and marijuana.

The Pacific Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/2wdFrZF ) 65-year-old Elliman-Alexander and Allen Alexander were charged with illegal drug possession. Guam Customs and Quarantine Agency dogs sniffed out the drugs on Tuesday as the two arrived on Guam for a benefit concert at a school.

Court documents state crystal-like rocks and a glass pipe with suspected methamphetamine residue were in the singer’s belongings.

Elliman-Alexander is charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance on board an aircraft as a first-degree felony.

Alexander is charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance as a third-degree felony.

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The two were released on $10,000 personal recognizance bonds, but they can’t leave Guam without permission from the court.

The Associated Press