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Rapper Killer Mike arrested at Grammys after winning 3 awards (Video)

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Michael Render, the US rapper fondly called Killer Mike, has been detained by police at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles — a few hours after he won three awards.

Mike’s sixth studio album picked up the ‘best rap album’ category while his song ‘Scientists And Engineers’ won ‘best rap song’ and ‘best rap performance’ categories.

“This is for all the people who think you’re too old to rap… we keep hip-hop alive. Never ever stop doing what you do,” the 48-year-old rapper said during his acceptance speech.

“You cannot tell me dreams do not come true.”

Shortly after the win on Sunday night, Mike was arrested and booked for “misdemeanor battery” due to an alleged physical altercation backstage.

In a now-viral video, the rapper was seen in the company of two LAPD officers while being handcuffed.

In a statement on X, the LA police confirmed that the rapper was arrested over “a physical altercation at the 700 block of Chick Hearn Court”.

The law enforcement agency said Killer Mike had been transported to LAPD central division and “booked for misdemeanor battery”.

“Sunday Arrest Incident On Sunday, February 4th just after 4 pm a male adult was detained & handcuffed for a physical altercation that occurred at the 700 block of Chick Hearn Court. The suspect was placed under arrest and was transported to LAPD Central Division,” the statement reads.

“The suspect has been identified as 48-year-old Michael Render and booked for Misdemeanor Battery 243(A) PC, and is in the process of being released.”

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NDLEA arrests returning businessman for smuggling cocaine

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a businessman identified as an ‘I Just Got Back’ returnee for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the country.

Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, shared videos of the seized contraband on X.com on Sunday.

The suspect, who had just returned from a foreign trip, initially raised suspicion due to his nervous demeanour.

NDLEA officials subjected him to a routine screening, during which wraps of cocaine began to fall from his body.

The statement said: “Narco-trend update: The moment #ndlea_nigeria officers intercepted an ‘I Just Got Back’ businessman, screened him, and wraps of cocaine began to ‘rain’ from his body. Who will tell them that NDLEA will always get them no matter the mode of concealment?”

Click the link below to watch the video:

https://x.com/MobilePunch/status/1870746436486181327?t=DaTN7Qj1qhv27-sflE9p6Q&s=19
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Court jails ex-IMF chief Rodrigo Rato for tax fraud, corruption

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Court jails ex-IMF chief Rodrigo Rato for tax fraud, corruption

A Madrid court on Friday sentenced former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato to more than four years in prison for tax crimes, money laundering and corruption.

Judges found Rato who was also a former economy minister in Spain, guilty of “three offences against the treasury, one offence of money laundering and one offence of corruption between individuals,” the court announced in a statement.

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Paul Pogba’s brother sentenced to prison over extortion

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A Paris court on Thursday sentenced the brother of France midfielder, Paul Pogba, to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after convicting him in a high-profile extortion case.

Mathias Pogba will be able to serve his one-year sentence with an electronic bracelet rather than behind bars.

The court also fined Pogba’s brother 20,000 euros for participating in the attempted extortion of 13 million euros ($13.5 million) from Pogba in 2022, and for putting pressure on the player, his family and his business contacts to obtain the payment.

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