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Gilbert Arenas Arrested For Possession Illegal Fireworks

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Gilbert Arenas, the former NBA star whose career nose-dived after being suspended for bringing guns into the Washington Wizards’ locker room, was arrested in California Thursday morning on possession of illegal fireworks.

Law enforcement sources told TMZ that Arenas was pulled over by California Highway Patrol around 2:30 AM in Los Angeles for speeding in a Ford pickup. But officers immediately saw that the truck was filled with fireworks that were sitting in plain sight in the bed and cab of the truck.

Arenas was arrested and will be booked for possession of illegal fireworks, and cited for speeding (he was allegedly doing 80 mph) and driving without a license.

The exact amount of illegal fireworks Arenas had was not immediately known. However, it was enough that the LAPD bomb squad was called to handle the illegal shipment.

TMZ says its camera guy counted around 20 boxes carefully unloaded.

Arenas–whose last NBA team was the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2011-12 season — was infamously busted for gun possession when he brandished a loaded pistol in his Washington Wizards locker room back in 2010. Once one of the more explosive (no pun intended) players in the league, Arenas never regained his status as a top-level player because of injuries and off-the-court drama.

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