40-year-old Francis was placed into a squad car while they searched the rest of his vehicle -- and thats when he noticed officers checking out his massive gold .
Ex-NBA superstar Steve Francis called police groupie motherf**kers during his DWI arrest back in November . and DARED cops to lock him up after they .
Steve Francis got arrested a while back and the footage has just surfaced. SUBSCRIBE: About TMZ: TMZ has consistently been .
Its all on the arrest video obtained by TMZ Sports . which begins when Francis is pulled over by Houston PD on Nov. 19 for speeding. Cops quickly suspected .