Award-winning musician Nicki Minaj has been detained at an airport in the Netherlands just hours before her scheduled performance at Co-op Live in Manchester.
Multiple award-winning American artist, Nicki Minaj confirmed her arrest in Amsterdam in a shared series of posts on the social media platform X formerly known as Twitter, including one in which she mentioned that "they claimed to have found marijuana."
She also stated in another post, "They took my luggage without permission. They're attempting to prevent me from reaching MANCHESTER."
Now they said I have to go 5 mins away to make a statement about my security to the police precinct
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) May 25, 2024
A subsequent post also read, "This is Amsterdam by the way, where marijuana is legal." Additionally, Minaj recorded a video of what seemed to be an airport staff member requesting to inspect her luggage. It remains uncertain whether Minaj's performance at Co-op Live will be impacted.
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Asked about Minaj, Robert van Kapel, a spokesman for the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, informed media outlet Sky News' partner network NBC News: "We can confirm that we have arrested a 41-year-old American woman at Schiphol Airport because of possession of soft drugs."
Nicki Minaj has been arrested in Amsterdam (of all places) for “carrying drugs.”
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) May 25, 2024
Minaj immediately went on Instagram Live and asked for a lawyer.
She initially declined to get into a police vehicle until she had a lawyer and repeatedly asked for the address of where she was… pic.twitter.com/3QwFockAnu
