Snoop Dogg may be facing weapons charges after attempting to take a police baton onto a flight from Long Beach in California to New York at the end of last month. The rap star, real name Calvin Broadus, was discovered in possession of a collapsible nightstick, which expands from eight inches to twenty one inches, and is classified as a dangerous weapon.
Snoop said he didn't know the object was illegal, apparently, and explained that he was planning to use it as a prop on a video he was set to shoot in New York. Of course, it's not his first air-travel-related brush with the law in recent months. You'll remember he and his entourage caused a bit of a fracas at Heathrow earlier in the year.