Rapper Snoop Dogg has been arrested after a disturbance at Heathrow airport. The US star was detained by police when a row broke out after his 30-strong entourage was refused entry to the British Airways first-class lounge at the airport's Terminal 1.
The rappers party was then alleged to have moved to a duty-free shop where it was said they threw bottles of whisky to the floor and argued with staff. Police were called to the airport and were escorting the group away from the scene when a further disturbance broke out, Scotland Yard said.
Seven officers received minor injuries - mainly cuts and bruises - and one suffered a fracture to the hand. Six men aged in their 30s, including Snoop, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, were arrested on charges of violent disorder and affray. The spokesman added:'"The men, who are all US citizens, are in custody at two west London police stations.'
Snoop and his group were due to board a flight to Johannesburg, South Africa, before the row broke out. In 1993, he was tried and acquitted for murder - the same year he found fame with debut album Doggystyle. Since then he has also become a movie star, appearing in the Starsky and Hutch remake, and has even been invited to speak at the Oxford Union.
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