Rapper Snoop Dogg has been stopped at an Italian airport with $422,000 (£270,000).
Italian financial police said they stopped the star, said to be worth about £80m, at the Lamezia Terme airport in Calabria on Saturday.
Anything more than £7,000 must be declared if it is being taken across EU borders and authorities confirmed they had seized half the money under Italian anti-money laundering codes. The balance will be returned minus any fines imposed by the courts.
West coast rapper Snoop Dogg was born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr and “rechristened” Snoop Lion by a Rastafarian priest on a trip to Jamaica in 2012.
Last weekend, in Sweden, the rapper was questioned and tested for suspected drug use north of the capital. Authorities said test results