Snoop could face charges over baton in luggage

Prosecutors are considering charges against US rapper Snoop Dogg after authorities discovered a 21-inch collapsible baton in his bags as he boarded a New York-bound flight.

The star, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, had the baton in his laptop case as he went through a security checkpoint at John Wayne International Airport on September 27, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.

Snoop Dogg (aged 35) told sheriff’s deputies that the baton was a prop for a movie he was filming in New York.

Mr Amormino said: “He had a collapsible baton and it is classified as a dangerous weapon.”

He added that the stick collapsed to eight inches.

District attorney spokeswoman Susan Kang Schroeder said her office received the sheriff’s report yesterday.

She said prosecutors had not yet decided whether to charge Snoop Dogg, who was not arrested.