Snoop Dogg denied Norway entry for 2 years for pot
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A lawyer representing Snoop Dogg says the American rapper has been banned from entering Norway for two years after trying to enter the country with a small amount of marijuana last month.
Holger Hagesaeter, the rapper's legal representative in Norway, told The Associated Press on Saturday that his client "can live with the decision" and has no immediate plans to appeal it.
Snoop Dogg, whose name is Calvin Broadus, was on his way to a music festival in southern Norway in June when sniffer dogs detected eight grams of marijuana in his luggage. He was also carrying more cash than is legally allowed and was fined 52,000 kroner ($8,600) after admitting to the two offenses, the lawyer said.
Holger Hagesaeter, the rapper's legal representative in Norway, told The Associated Press on Saturday that his client "can live with the decision" and has no immediate plans to appeal it.
Snoop Dogg, whose name is Calvin Broadus, was on his way to a music festival in southern Norway in June when sniffer dogs detected eight grams of marijuana in his luggage. He was also carrying more cash than is legally allowed and was fined 52,000 kroner ($8,600) after admitting to the two offenses, the lawyer said.
Ok, I can understand the pot, but to have a legal limit on the amount of cash that someone can carry into a country seems a bit strange to me. I would think that most countries would want you spending as much cash as possible while there.Â
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 @Sid Vishess You make a good point.
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 Funny side story, I was denied entry to Canada because I was not carrying enough cash, and was told by the Canadian border guard that my credit cards were of no consequence to him.
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Your friend sounds like my wife! Think the diner robbery scene in "Pulp Fiction" and Mrs. Vishess is "HunnyBunny."
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We were driving across the border to the US when they demanded some documentation which we had stored in a storage locker on the Canadian side. Well, we went and got the doc and went to another crossing a few hours later WITH the document and was told that if I did that again they would impound my car for "border shopping!?!?" So we ended up putting her on a bus and I waited in Bellingham. When she crossed she got the full search, if ya know what I mean. What a bunch of eh-holz
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 @Sid Vishess We asked the border patrol officer the same question and his reply was exactly the same. I was with a friend who had a tendency to blurt out whatever she was thinking at the time and at one point she asked the border patrol officer "Isn't one of our dollars worth like fifty of yours?" (Obviously this was years ago) That didn't go over well. His response was to search the car we were driving before telling us we had to make a u turn and exit his country.Â
 @alaska_dreamin  Haha. Mrs. Vishess was hassled by the US ICE (before she was Mrs. Vishess) when she came to the US for the exact same reason!Â
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I asked the Sumas Crossing Border Agent, "Well, how much does she need?"
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Money-shot answer from the Agent; "I can't tell you that."
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