The comedian and actor Paul Rodriguez has been at a restaurant in Burbank, California, after police allegedly found drugs in his car.

Authorities detained him on Monday after conducting a search of the vehicle, where they allegedly uncovered Xanax and a substance they suspected to be fentanyl, as reported by NBC4 Los Angeles.

Police said Rodriguez denied that the drugs reportedly discovered during his latest arrest belonged to him.

This comes after the 70-year-old comic was arrested in March for drug possession, though he also denied at the time that the drugs belonged to him.

The Daily Mail has contacted Rodriguez’s representatives to request comment but hasn’t yet received a response.

Police responded to a call at an Islands restaurant in the LA County area to perform a welfare check on a woman who was with Rodriguez.

Comedian and actor Paul Rodriguez, aged 70, was at a restaurant in Burbank, California, after authorities allegedly found drugs in his car, according to NBC4 Los Angeles on Wednesday. Photo taken on January 23 in LA.

He was taken into custody on Monday after the vehicle search, where Xanax and suspected fentanyl were allegedly found. Rodriguez has denied ownership of the drugs discovered during this recent arrest; pictured in 2021 in West Hollywood.

Police stated that Rodriguez and the woman attempted to leave the restaurant as they arrived, but they reportedly paused to engage with the officers.

The woman was reportedly taken into custody on suspicion of drug possession, prompting police to search the vehicle, which consequently led to Rodriguez’s arrest on suspicion of misdemeanor narcotics possession.

According to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department records, Rodriguez was booked shortly after 10 p.m. on Monday and released after 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning with a citation. 

Back in March, the film and television star was arrested on misdemeanor drug possession charges after police initially pulled him over for a traffic violation.

But Rodriguez denied the charges in a statement to TMZ at the time, and he claimed the traffic stop was racially motivated.

He said he had been sleeping in the passenger seat while a friend was driving the car, and after police pulled them over an officer allegedly slapped him in the face to wake him up. 

Rodriguez accused the officer of being on a ‘power trip,’ and he claimed the drugs allegedly discovered by police during the stop were not his and instead belonged to the friend behind the wheel.

He claimed that the woman also told police that the drugs belonged to her during the stop. 

Rodriguez is a popular stand-up comedian who is also known for briefly hosting The Newlywed Game, as well as appearing in several feature films, including Clint Eastwood’s thriller Blood Work, the Oscar-nominated Will Smith–starring biopic Ali and the ensemble comedy Rat Race, among others. 

Officers were reportedly called to an Islands restaurant in Burbank for a wellness check on a woman accompanying Rodriguez. She was arrested, and police then arrested him after searching their car; pictured in May 2024 in Pasadena, Calif.

According to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department records, Rodriguez was booked shortly after 10 p.m. on Monday and released after 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning with a citation; pictured at the Laugh Factory’s free Thanksgiving dinner in 2021 in West Hollywood

Rodriguez is a popular stand-up comedian who is also known for briefly hosting The Newlywed Game, as well as appearing in films, including Clint Eastwood’s thriller Blood Work, the Will Smith–starring biopic Ali and the comedy Rat Race, among others; seen in 1994 in LA