Nicki Minaj freed after arrest in Amsterdam for allegedly 'transporting drugs': reports

Nicki Minaj was released after being arrested in Amsterdam on Saturday, according to several media outlets. Footage from an Instagram Live of Minaj showed her exchange with an officer. It was then recorded and published on X by different fan accounts.

Multiple reports indicate that Minaj's release was apparently confirmed by Amsterdam police in a post on the agency's Dutch-language X account, although her name was not mentioned. In English, we can read: “We have just released a 41-year-old American woman who we arrested this afternoon at Schiphol because she was suspected of exporting soft drugs. After consultation with the public prosecutor, the suspect was fined and can continue her journey.

The 12-time Grammy nominee appears to have been arrested after a more than three-minute video shows the rapper discussing her apparent arrest with an Amsterdam police officer, who said the star was being detained “because you are carrying drugs” after asking. why she was arrested.

The “Anaconda” rapper responded by saying “I don't carry drugs.” Minaj continued the conversation by telling the officer “I need an attorney present” and “no, I need an attorney present now” when the officer told her to get into a vehicle. The officer then appeared to say, “we’ll take you to the next show.” Minaj responded and said, “Are you talking about my show? So what?” according to an apparent Instagram Live posted from the rapper's own page.

USA TODAY reached out to Minaj's representatives. In an emailed statement to USA TODAY, Amsterdam police said “we cannot provide information on anyone over the age of 18. This is due to data privacy law. By Therefore, we cannot confirm anything.

Minaj was scheduled to perform in Manchester, England, on Saturday, according to her tour's official website. But it was postponed due to the incident, according to reports.

Arrest follows posts by X claiming Amsterdam airport security was trying to 'sabotage' his world tour

The star first made noise on Saturday, before his alleged arrest, after claiming officials at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport were trying to “sabotage” his tour.

In a long series of X-rated messages, she took aim at the airport, saying: “They did everything they could to TRY to stop this tour” and adding: “They took my luggage and when I asked where they were, they said it was on the plane That couldn't have been the case, I just stopped Minaj added that “that's how they place things. on your luggage.

The rap superstar is currently on his Pink Friday 2 world tour and was on his way to Manchester, his next stop on the tour, when the incident took place.

She posted a nearly minute-long video of herself discussing the baggage issue with an airport official, who appeared to be an airport security officer who said he wanted to “open” her bags. Later, Minaj posted that “they said they found weed.” As she pointed out in a previous X post, marijuana is legal in Amsterdam.

Minaj explained that the alleged baggage problem happened because “they” were trying to get her to book a new plane “every time” and added that she “fired a manager who I found out for years that 'he would add $30-50,000 to my jet and pocket it.' “. Minaj also said that she recently fired a tour manager for the same thing and went on to say that “their goal is to make me late and pocket $40,000.”

“They are being paid a lot of money to try to sabotage my tour because so many people are furious that it is such a success and they can't eat me. They were caught stealing money from my travels /planes They got fired crazy etc,” Minaj wrote on X.

Minaj also reposted a post on X by a fan suggesting that the bag checks are being done to further sabotage the star.

“The chances of this happening before an international flight right after Nicki's announcement for the second leg of her US tour are suspect. The naysayers are definitely out there. There isn't a single person who can tell me convince otherwise. The proof is in the second.

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In addition to this dispute with airport officials, Minaj is known for her public feuds with other female rappers, including Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B. Earlier this year, she went after Megan Thee Stallion in a series of tweets and a diss track, “Big Foot.”

“Swear on your dead mother when you lie,” Minaj said in one line. “Because she was lying about your mom being dead.”

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She also told Megan Thee Stallion that she “fell down, I said 'get up on your good foot,' referencing the 2020 shooting of her Houston-born rival by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez. More late in the track, Minaj raps “like a bodybuilder, I keep raising the bar” before rhyming and asking “you get shot with no scar?”

Nicki Minaj's diss track and on angry at Megan,” but they are “angry at Megan’s Law.” Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty, and her brother, Jelani Maraj, are registered sex offenders.

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