L to R: Cy Waits and Paris Hilton's mugshots.

IN what is now her third drug arrest in the past two months, Paris Hilton was charged with cocaine possession over the weekend,

According to a police spokesperson Marcus Martin, “officers noticed a vehicle leaving [a] smoke trail of a controlled substance [and] made a stop based on that”.

In layman’s terms, police say what they believed was marijuana smoke emanating from a black Escalade on the Strip around 11.30pm when they stopped the vehicle driven by Paris’ boyfriend Cy Waits.

During the stop in Las Vegas, police found cocaine on Paris, was booked and released on her own recognisance.

Cy, on the other hand, remains behind bars on a count of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

The socialite has since reportedly insists that the purse in which the cocaine was found does not belong to her.

“She’s upset because it wasn’t her substance,” said hair colourist Michael Boychuck—who is incidentally responsible for the tousled ‘do in her mugshot. “If you know Paris, she would get up and hug someone in a minute and leave her purse around.”

Michael, who has been colouring her tresses since she was 12, said Paris was “totally” sober when he styled her hair between 6 and 8pm on the fateful Friday before her arrest.

“She was drinking green tea that night in the salon. She didn’t have wine or anything,” he said, adding that Cy was not present at the beautifying session. “She was in a great mood.”

Paris has also since hired David Chesnoff to represent her in the case, and has released a statement to the press.

“This matter will be dealt with in the courts not in the media and I encourage people not to rush to judgment until all of the facts have been dealt with in a court of law,” read the statement issued by her attorney. “There will be no interviews and no more comments at this time.”

Some people never learn, do they?

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