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UPDATE: 5/25 5:22 p.m. ET — Nicki Minaj was launched from police custody after her transient arrest at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.
The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee shared by way of X that “a 41-year-old American lady” (presumed to be Minaj) had been arrested underneath suspicion of transporting “tender medication,” or marijuana, overseas. She was fined an unspecified sum of money and launched after police officers consulted with public prosecutors.
Minaj was scheduled to carry out at Co-Op Stay in Manchester, England on Saturday, however the present has now been postponed. “Regardless of Nicki’s greatest efforts to discover each attainable avenue to make tonight’s present occur, the occasions of at this time have made it unimaginable,” the venue wrote in a press release by way of X.
Authentic story:
Nicki Minaj was positioned underneath arrest at an airport in Amsterdam after marijuana was allegedly present in her baggage.
Minaj, 41, was stopped outdoors of an airport in Amsterdam on Saturday, Could 25, as she was getting ready to fly to Manchester, England, for the following live performance on her Pink Friday 2 Tour after marijuana pre-rolls have been allegedly present in her baggage. The rapper took to each Instagram and X (previously Twitter) to file the encounter and declare that the incident was an try and “sabotage” the rest of her tour.
“They’ve been attempting to cease me from coming to each present,” Minaj wrote within the caption of a video shared by way of Instagram Saturday morning. “They took my baggage earlier than I might see them. Put it on the aircraft. Now saying they’re ready on customs. That is what it appears like when ppl are paid massive cash to attempt to sabotage a tour in spite of everything else failed. Every little thing they’ve carried out is unlawful.”
Within the video, Minaj is instructed {that a} police officer has instructed them to “offload all the baggage and to look every little thing” for a extra thorough inspection after airport safety had carried out a “random fast verify” of her baggage earlier than boarding.
The “Starships” songstress additionally claimed this was an try and attempt to “make [her] e-book one other jet.” She wrote by way of X, “All b/c I fired mngmnt who I discovered for years have been including on 30-50K on my jet & pocketing it. I fired a tour mngr just lately who was doing the identical factor & mad he received the boot. Their aim is to make me late, & to pocket 40K.”
In footage shared by Minaj by way of Instagram Stay, authorities tried to take the “Tremendous Bass” rapper into custody for “carrying medication,” urging her to climb right into a police car. “I’m not getting into there,” Minaj mentioned within the video. “I would like a lawyer current.” Finally, after the officers mentioned she was underneath arrest, Minaj voluntarily entered the van.
“I instructed y’all they was gonna attempt to stall for about 4 to 5 hours as a result of it’s all about attempting to make me late to my present,” she mentioned whereas nonetheless streaming from contained in the police car.
Minaj alleged by way of X that the pre-rolls belonged to her safety. She additionally claimed that “that is how they plant issues in your baggage” with reference to the search, which she mentioned delayed her flight by two hours.
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“Not they mentioned I’ve to go 5 minutes away to make a press release about my safety to the police precinct,” Minaj wrote by way of X on Saturday morning. She has not shared any additional updates.
In accordance with the United States Division of State, which provides details about touring inside and out of the Netherlands, marijuana and cannabis are thought of “managed substances.” Whereas it’s authorized to make use of, for instance, within the “espresso retailers” frequented by vacationers in Amsterdam, it’s “unlawful to take any managed substance, equivalent to marijuana, into or out of the Netherlands.”
Us Weekly reached out to Minaj’s rep for remark.
