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"&lt;img alt=\"0130_justin_bieber_getty4\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/01/30/0130-justin-bieber-getty4-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"update_graphic_red_bar\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/11/20/update-graphic-red-bar.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;We're told Bieber has just been released by Custom's officials ... after 5-hours of heavy grilling.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"update_grey_gray_bar\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/11/20/update-grey-gray-bar.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Justin Bieber&lt;/strong&gt; was flagged by U.S. Customs officials when he landed in New Jersey this afternoon because he has 2 pending criminal cases ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bieber is still being grilled by Customs people ... after they searched his plane because they allegedly smelled weed.&amp;#160; The search turned up nothing.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told -- as a result of the Patriot Act -- Customs officials have broad power to flag people coming in from another country when they have an active criminal case or a conviction.&amp;#160; Justin currently has an assault case in Canada and a DUI case in Miami Beach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0131_justin_bieber_article_wm_sub_asset\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/01/31/0131-justin-bieber-article-wm-sub-asset-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources say Bieber is being \"put through the grinder\" right now by Customs folks.&amp;#160; As one source said, \"Once you're flagged it's a grueling process to get in the country.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's almost certain Justin will eventually be cleared to leave Teterboro Airport because both alleged offenses are minor. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we first reported ... Justin flew there for the Super Bowl."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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