Snoop Dogg Stopped In Italian Airport With $422,000 Cash, Half Confiscated By Authorities

Snoop Dogg Stopped In Italian Airport With $422,000 Cash, Half Confiscated By Authorities

Snoop Dogg was touring in support of his new album, "Bush." Click photo to learn where to buy his album for Bitcoin. The rapper, actor and record producer Snoop Dogg was arrested by Italian authorities at the Lamezia Terme airport with $422,000 in cash stuffed inside of pieces of luggage. The Guardia di Finanza confiscated half of the money based on the money laundering legislation. The 43-year-old rapper, whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr., was on his way to England with the cash in Louis Vuitton luggage, according to an Italian lawyer who represents the entertainer. The....


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