Camby Released After Drug Bust

Sat., June 14, 1997

Compiled From Wire Services

Former University of Massachusetts basketball star Marcus Camby was arrested on a marijuana charge near his home after police spotted his car drifting across a road.

Police said they suspected a drunk driver when they pulled Camby over about 2 a.m. Friday near South Windsor High School, 10 miles from where he played his high school ball in Hartford. Camby told police he had not been drinking, but the officer smelled burned marijuana in the car, said Sgt. Matthew D. Reed.

A search of Camby’s rented car turned up one marijuana cigarette and burned stubs of two others in an ashtray, police said.

He was released after posting $1,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Manchester Superior Court on June 25.

Backup center Chris Dudley opted out of his contract with the Portland Trail Blazers and will become a free agent July 1.

Dudley had three years and $13 million left on the six-year, $24 million contract he signed with the Blazers in 1994, but chose to exercise an opt-out clause.

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