Chip Banks Arrested Again on Drug Charges

Linebacker Chip Banks, a San Diego Chargers holdout all season, has been arrested again in Atlanta for possession of cocaine and marijuana.

Atlanta police said Banks, 29, was arrested Tuesday when officer B. L. Miller stopped a car, in which Banks was riding, to check on an expired tag. Banks and the driver were arrested when the policeman found the drugs.

Banks, who played at USC, was later released on $4,050 bond.

Banks previously was arrested for possession of marijuana in February and successfully completed a pretrial diversion program, according to a report on Atlanta station WSB-TV. He then was arrested in Atlanta on Oct. 14 on charges of possession of marijuana and cocai1852121185according to police records.