Lil Wayne to face drugs and gun trial

Rapper Lil Wayne will go on trial in the US next year on drug possession and weapons charges.

The March trial date was set during a court hearing in Yuma County, Arizona.

The case against Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter, stems from his arrest at a US Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 8 east of Yuma in January last year.

Authorities said they found cocaine, ecstasy and a handgun on his tour bus.

The rapper has pleaded not guilty.

Chief criminal Yuma County attorney Roger Nelson said his office did not offer plea deals on such cases and that was probably one of the reasons why the case had not yet been resolved.