India, July 7 -- Andrew Gillum, the former mayor of Tallahassee has been arrested on drug charges in Alabama. He was taken into custody by the Daphne Police Department on charges of possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana, according to Baldwin County Sheriff's Office records.

He was booked into the Baldwin County jail on the night of July 2 in Daphne, a small town near Mobile, as per TMZ. He was released from custody the next day, online records show.

Gillum was elected to the Tallahassee City Commission in 2003 and became mayor in 2014, serving one term.

In 2018, he pulled off an upset win in the Democratic primary for Florida governor. He then lost the general election to Ron DeSant...