Menudo Pair Arrested on Pot Charges : Drugs: Dog at the Miami airport detected a small amount of marijuana in the singers’ pants, police say.

Two members of the Puerto Rican singing group Menudo were arrested after an airport drug-sniffing dog detected marijuana in their pants, police said.

Sergio Gonzalez, 18, and a 16-year-old member of the group, whose name was not released because he is a juvenile, were arrested Thursday evening at Miami International Airport, Metro-Dade Police Lt. James Kaelin said.

The group was on a stopover en route from Mexico City to Venezuela when a U.S. Customs Service dog smelled the marijuana, Kaelin said. Customs agents took small amounts of the drug from the two, who were charged with possession of marijuana, he said.

“I guess some people call them personal-use amounts, but drugs are drugs, no matter what amounts they are,” said Customs spokesman Joe Krokos.

Gonzalez was released on a $1,000 bond Thursday night, officials said.

Officials at the Miami-based record company Sonotone Music, which released Menudo’s latest album, would issue a statement later today, said Adriana Pascual, an assistant at Sonotone.

Members of Menudo, which loosely translates as “pocket money” or “small change,” are replaced as they get too old to appeal to their preteen and teen audience.

Members were active in Nancy Reagan’s anti-drug “Just Say No” campaign. The group has been highly successful in the Spanish-speaking world, performing before sold-out stadiums throughout Central and South America.