Snoop Dogg Arrested: Swedish Police Detain Rapper Over Suspicion Of Drug Use

Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested in Sweden over the weekend, though he was reportedly released a short time later. Why was he detained on Saturday? It seems that the attention was over the suspicion of illegal drug use. The rapper has issued a strong response and it seems that another visit to Sweden will not be happening any time soon. What’s the scoop?

As E! Online details, Snoop Dogg was arrested on Saturday and was taken to the police station for a sobriety test. The incident apparently happened after he had performed in the city of Örebro at the Stadsträdgården.

Of course, fans know that Snoop Dogg tends not to hold back when he has an opinion on something, and he most definitely had an opinion on this incident. The rapper posted several videos via his Instagram page over the weekend, ultimately telling fans that he was fine. However, over the course of his posts, he alleged that the incident was motivated by racial profiling and that he was snatched out of his car.

People notes that the rapper, real name Calvin Broadus, ultimately posted five videos detailing the situation. The first video was seemingly taken as he was on the side of the road early on in the interaction with the Swedish police, with the second happening as he sat in the back of a police car. After Snoop Dogg’s arrest, he says that he made it through, but that he’ll never return to Sweden.

Snoop Dogg says that he had to pee in a cup, but that the authorities didn’t find anything. Reports indicate that the rapper was a passenger in the car that was stopped, and police took him to the station because he showed signs of drug influence. He was there for about an hour before he was released.

The results of the drug test ordinarily take about two weeks to come in and should it come back showing any drugs, Snoop Dogg’s case will go to a prosecutor. Typically in these kinds of cases it seems a fine is standard. While Snoop Dogg says the arrest was racially motivated, police spokesman Christer Nordstrom maintains that this is not at all the case.

As fans know, this is hardly the rapper’s first brush with the law. However, this particular incident certainly left Broadus feeling quite agitated.

After Snoop Dogg’s arrest, he said that his Swedish fans can blame their police department for him never heading to the beautiful country again, and he said he’s still smoking. Did Snoop overreact to the incident that happened on Saturday with the Swedish police?

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