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Rapper DA Uzi arrested for drug trafficking and gun possession

2021-05-20T15:09:30.305Z


Several kilos of cannabis and a firearm were reportedly found at the 28-year-old artist. He will be tried on May 31.


DA Uzi will not be able to profit from his success as planned.

While the rapper already has more than 660,000 views with his last song,

Close there

, the Bobigny public prosecutor's office indicated on Monday that he was placed in pre-trial detention, pending his trial in immediate appearance.

An arrest which follows a search carried out at his home in Noisy-le-Grand (Seine-Saint-Denis) last Saturday, where weapons and narcotics were found.

Judged on May 31, DA Uzi, whose real name is Davy Ngoma Di Malonda, will have to answer for "

transport, possession and acquisition of narcotics, unauthorized acquisition and possession of category B weapons

".

According to

Actu17

, the artist would have been checked by the police with more than 6,000 euros in cash, leading the police to carry out a search.

This is where several kilograms of cannabis as well as a gun and ammunition were reportedly discovered.

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According to

the Parisian

, the extension of time requested by DA Uzi in order to prepare his defense was accepted on Monday by the criminal court.

The daily specifies that the artist has already been condemned several times in the past.

A conviction that should cost DA Uzi dearly, yet increasingly recognized in the rap world, with more than 560,000 subscribers on YouTube and 470,000 on Instagram.

His first album

Architect

, released last year, was certified gold.

He has also collaborated many times with rappers from the French scene, such as Kaaris, Ninho, SCH or Alonzo.

Source: lefigaro

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