Justin Bieber at the centre of new scandal

New pictures of the 18-year-old Canadian star apparently puffing on joint are being shopped to various media outlets, reported TMZ online.

It is learnt that a member of the public is attempting to sell the images.

The photos are said to show the 'Baby' hitmaker and his rapper friend Lil Ze sharing the smoke outside of a house here.

Last month Bieber was pictured smoking with another rapper, Lil Twist, at a hotel party in Newport Beach.

Lil Ze, meanwhile, was embroiled in his own controversy after being pulled over and detained for driving Bieber's Ferrari without a license.