The Associated Press and CNN reported on the 26th that famous American female rapper Nicki Minaj (41) was arrested at a Dutch airport on suspicion of drug possession and released. Minaj tried to board a plane at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands the day before to perform a concert in Manchester, England, but police found marijuana in her bag.
Dutch gendarmerie, without naming Minaj, said the 41-year-old American woman was arrested on suspicion of smuggling “soft drugs” and later fined her and released her.
A video posted to Minaj’s Instagram showed her retorting, “I don’t have any drugs,” when police at the airport informed her that she was to be arrested for drug possession. He was released that evening, but a concert scheduled for Manchester was canceled due to travel delays.
“Nikki has done her best to explore every possible way to perform tonight, but today’s events have made that impossible,” the show’s promoters said in a statement.
The Netherlands is tolerant of cannabis, but it is officially prohibited by law.