US Rapper Nicki Minaj Freed after Netherlands Arrest

Police confirmed to AFP that they had detained a 41-year-old American woman but declined to confirm that it was Minaj, as per their usual policy.

“We never confirm the identity of a person in custody, but I can confirm we have arrested a 41-year-old woman suspected of trying to export soft drugs to another country,” Robert Kapel, a military police spokesman, told AFP.

Kapel later told AFP the suspect had been released after the payment of a “reasonable” fine.

“There’s no reason for us to keep her in custody any longer. We have all the information for our file. Case closed,” he told AFP.

The rapper posted on X that authorities told her they had found cannabis in her luggage, which she said belonged to her security personnel.

A common misconception outside the Netherlands is that marijuana is legal in the country, home to world-famous coffee shops (which actually sell pot) that are a huge draw for cannabis smokers.

The consumption of small quantities of cannabis is technically illegal but police choose not to enforce the law as part of a tolerance policy in place since the 1970s.

Transporting the drugs to another country is illegal.

Minaj was due to perform in Manchester on her Pink Friday 2 World Tour, and the hashtag #FREENICKI was trending on X.

The Manchester concert originally scheduled for Saturday night has now been postponed.

Promoter Live Nation said the performance will be rescheduled and tickets will be honored.

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“Despite Nicki’s best efforts to explore every possible avenue to make tonight’s show happen, the events of today have made it impossible,” the promoter said in a statement. “We are deeply disappointed by the inconvenience this has caused.”

Earlier Nicki Minaj was arrested, slapped with fine in Amsterdam for allegedly carrying drugs.

Nicki Minaj was arrested in Amsterdam on Saturday for allegedly carrying drugs — despite the “Super Bass” songstress’ repeated insistence that she had no contraband, according to police and Instagram Live footage she posted of the incident.

The rapper was slapped with a fine and allowed to “continue her journey,” Dutch officials wrote on X.

The arrest forced Minaj to cancel her concert in Manchester, England, where she had been traveling to perform.

In a video Minaj posted of the incident on Instagram, an official says that they wanted to take the “Bang Bang” rapper into custody for “carrying drugs.”

“I’m not going in there. I need a lawyer present,” the 41-year-old replied.

The officer also mentioned her concert scheduled for Saturday night in Manchester, England, and said they would “try to get [her] there” as soon as possible.

“Oh, so I’m under arrest?” Minah asked, while multiple officers repeatedly asked her to stop filming.

In a second video, Minaj appeared to be seated inside a vehicle while speaking to a uniformed man about the plans to go through all her bags.

“Why didn’t you guys search it before they went on the plane?” she asked.

The man shrugged and said that the previous officer did not believe the rap star was not carrying drugs — and was miffed that she had filmed him.

Police have not identified the name of the person arrested, but Dutch police confirmed they had “arrested a 41-year-old American woman at Schiphol Airport because of possession of soft drugs.”

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“Now they said they found weed & that another group of ppl have to come here to weigh the pre-rolls,” Minaj wrote on X around 10:30 a.m. ET.

“Keep in mind they took my bags without consent. My security has already advised them those pre-rolls belong to him. Oh yea & the pilot wants me to take my ig post down,” she added.