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Snoop Dogg cash seized at Italy airport | Snoop Dogg cash seized at Italy airport |
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Rap star Snoop Dogg has been stopped by police in Italy while carrying $422,000 (£270,000) in cash, authorities say. | Rap star Snoop Dogg has been stopped by police in Italy while carrying $422,000 (£270,000) in cash, authorities say. |
The singer was travelling through an airport in Calabria, southern Italy, where he had been performing. | The singer was travelling through an airport in Calabria, southern Italy, where he had been performing. |
Sums of more than €10,000 (£7,000; $11,000) must be declared by anyone travelling through airports in the European Union. | Sums of more than €10,000 (£7,000; $11,000) must be declared by anyone travelling through airports in the European Union. |
Last week, the American was stopped on suspicion of possessing drugs by police in Uppsala, Sweden. | Last week, the American was stopped on suspicion of possessing drugs by police in Uppsala, Sweden. |
He criticised what he said was "racial profiling" but Swedish police say they have yet to receive the results of tests to see whether Snoop Dogg had drugs in his system. | He criticised what he said was "racial profiling" but Swedish police say they have yet to receive the results of tests to see whether Snoop Dogg had drugs in his system. |
'No crime' | |
After stopping him on Saturday as he prepared to board a private plane, Italian police seized half of the $422,000 under money laundering laws, the state news agency Ansa said. | |
It is now likely to be returned, with a fine deducted, the Italian financial police say. | It is now likely to be returned, with a fine deducted, the Italian financial police say. |
Andrea Parisi, a lawyer representing the artist, told Reuters: "We clarified everything from a legal point of view. The money came from concerts he had performed around Europe. There was no crime; it was just an administrative infraction." | |
Snoop Dogg - whose real name is Calvin Broadus - is scheduled to play the Kendal Calling festival in northern England on Sunday. | Snoop Dogg - whose real name is Calvin Broadus - is scheduled to play the Kendal Calling festival in northern England on Sunday. |
He has not responded to his latest detention and his current whereabouts are unconfirmed. | He has not responded to his latest detention and his current whereabouts are unconfirmed. |
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