Snoop Dogg was arrested
yesterday (Nov. 28) in Burbank, CA, as he was leaving NBC studios after a performance
on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.Snoop,
35, and two associates were pulling out of NBC studios around 6pm, when police
stopped their vehicle, armed with a search warrant. All
three men were arrested after police found a handgun, and small amounts of marijuana
and cocaine in the vehicle. Snoop
was arrested for investigation of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm,
possessing cocaine, transporting marijuana and having a false compartment in his
vehicle.Also
arrested were Michael Mingo, 33 and Lovell Polk, 36. According to police, both
men are acknowledged gang members who are associates of the rapper. Snoop
Dogg, who dropped his new album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, was
released on $60,000 bail. Police
obtained the search warrant for last night’s arrest, after an investigation that
started when Snoop Dogg was arrested
in October
at Bob Hope Airport. Inthat incident, police found a gun and marijuana in the rapper’s car, In
September, Snoop Dogg was arrested for carrying a deadly weapon at John Wayne
Airport. In that case, the rapper was accused of trying to sneak a collapsible
baton in his luggage through an airport security check point.Snoop
Dogg is slated to appear in court Monday (Dec. 4) to answer the charges at John
Wayne Airport, while the rapper will be arraigned for the latest charges on Jan.
11.
