Officer Laura Meltzer says the 46-year-old former Death Row Records executive was stopped driving a black Bentley with California plates about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on a street just off Flamingo Road west of the Las Vegas Strip.
Meltzer says Knight was charged with making an unsafe lane change and possession of less than one ounce of a controlled substance and was released from jail without bail. Knight's court date wasn't immediately available.
Attorney David Chesnoff has represented Knight in previous Las Vegas cases. He's traveling and wasn't immediately available for comment.
Celebrity website TMZ first reported the arrest. It says Knight had marijuana with him when he was stopped.
