Stolen Snoop Dogg statue returned in Bardstown

BARDSTOWN, Ky. ( FOX 56 ) — The three-foot-tall Corona Snoop Dogg statue has become a restaurant treasure and popular among thieves.

The Grill at Maywood took to Facebook on Aug. 23, after employees realized Snoop had left the building in the arms of two men on Monday.

“They need to ‘Drop it Like it’s Hot’ and bring back Snoop,” the restaurant said.

After days of pleading, on Tuesday the statue was returned, wrapped in bubble wrap, with a handwritten note.

“My staff was torn up until he returned,” Allison Osborne, owner, told FOX 56.

“Thanks for letting us borrow him. We couldn’t keep up; he was ready to come home,” the note read.

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The Grill at Maywood said that “The Next Episode” of Snoop’s life would entail an AirTag while he “chills in the grill.” To celebrate his return, the restaurant ran a special on Corona.

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