07-05-15 20:36 pm – Source: Reuters
Rapper Appa © ANP
Rapper Appa, the stage name of Rachid El Ghazoui, was arrested yesterday at the border Hazeldonk. The Amsterdam artist tweeted afterwards that he was mistaken for a drug runner.
“I was this afternoon arrested around 14.00 with Shell in Hazeldonk and have just released after sitting all day in jail!” Appa wrote. ‘Reason for arrest: I fit the profile “drug runner. When I asked what that profile, the answer was ‘Moroccan’. This goes even have a tail! I have injuries of the arrest and was threatened by the police! “
A police spokesman confirmed to BBC News that a 32-year-old man from Amsterdam has been arrested, but because he refused to show his driver’s license and vehicle registration see. Appa would have opposed his arrest, after which he was brought to the office in Breda. “After his interrogation, he was allowed to go home around 21:15. The police file on.
Appa has not yet responded to this version of events. The rapper, who regularly takes the news with controversial statements about the Holocaust, for example, already dropped yesterday via Twitter that he made images of the arrest. “Tomorrow my lawyer look at how and what? Stay tuned! #etnischeprofilering. “
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