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L.A. Axed: Customs officials won’t let Justin Bieber back into the United States

The United States government might not be acting to deport Justin Bieber anytime soon, but that’s not stopping customs officials from preventing the Canadian pop star from entering the country. Biebs is apparently being detained at LAX right now after several hours of questioning after he returned from Japan.

Of course, this isn’t anything new — Bieber was detained back in February in New Jersey after he attempted to attend Super Bowl parties. Teterboro Airport officials searched his private jet after they suspected marijuana was on board, but everyone came up clean and Bieber was allowed to proceed.

No word why he’s being detained at LAX this evening, however.

According to E! Online:

The beleaguered Canadian pop star hit a bump upon his return to the United States after touching down at LAX today on an Air Singapore flight from Tokyo.

Eyewitnesses tell E! News that U.S. Customs officials have been questioning the 20-year-old for the last two hours inside the airport’s Tom Bradley International Terminal. Bieber’s entourage has been standing around waiting for him

Since being charged with driving under the influence in Miami in January, Bieber has traveled abroad, having immediately jetted off to Panama for some R&R after his Florida arrest. He is also facing an assault charge in his native Canada in connection with an alleged attack on a limo driver in Toronto back in December.

An airport spokesperson had no additional information on what the issue was today. U.S. Customs and Border Protection tells E! News that the agency cannot comment on an individual’s processing due to privacy laws, “our CBP officers are charged with enforcing not only immigration and customs laws, but they also enforce over 400 laws for 40 other agencies and have stopped thousands of violators of U.S. law.”

[h/t Jezebel]