Super 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.
Sums of more than €10,000 (£7,000; $11,000) must be declared by anyone travelling through airports in the European Union.
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.
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. He has not responded to his latest detention and his current whereabouts are unconfirmed.
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