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Johnny Cash was arrested in October 1965 at the El Paso International Airport after U.S. Customs agents found hundreds of pep pills and tranquilizers in his luggage as he returned from a trip to Juarez, Mexico. The Man in Black spent a night in the county jail and later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count, for which he paid a $1000 fine and received a 30-day suspended sentence.

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n October 1965, Cash was arrested for being in possession of hundreds of tranquilizers and pep pills after U.S. Custom agents searched his luggage when he returned from a trip to Juarez, Mexico. After spending the night in jail, he pleaded guilty, received a 30-day sentence, and had to pay a $1,000 fine

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