American rapper Nicki Minaj has been freed by police after being detained at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.
Dutch police posted on X: “We have now simply launched a 41-year-old American lady whom we arrested this afternoon at Schiphol on suspicion of exporting mushy medication.”
“The suspect was fined and might proceed her journey.”
The artist had been on account of fly to Manchester for a live performance on the Co-op Stay venue on Saturday night.
Minaj filmed a part of her encounter with police, posting it to social media.
Within the video, a police officer can seemingly be heard telling Minaj: “You might be underneath arrest.”
At Co-op Stay on Saturday night, hundreds of followers – many sporting her trademark pink – had been in good spirits as they entered the venue, hoping the present would go forward.
One began a chant of: “Free Nicki Minaj!”
Followers Georgina Warde and Darcy Nicholls, each 18, travelled from Newcastle and had been trying ahead to the present since they purchased their tickets in December.
They mentioned they’d be upset if the present didn’t occur.
Ms Nicholls mentioned: “I’m attempting to remain optimistic however we’ve accepted the truth that it could not occur. We’re mentally ready for that.”
Even with none authorized issues, the rapper is understood for turning up late.
“I actually hope she comes on,” Ms Nicholls added. “But it surely’s Nicki so we knew it will be delayed by some means.”
The music star posted a sequence of messages on X apparently in relation to the incident.
“They took my baggage with out consent,” she wrote in a single. In one other she added: “That is Amsterdam btw [by the way], the place weed is authorized,” utilizing a colloquial time period for the drug hashish.
Minaj had initially been scheduled to go on stage on the Co-op Stay area at 20:00 BST.
Doorways to the live performance opened round half-hour late on Saturday. With hundreds within the venue as of 20:30, it was unclear whether or not the gig would go forward as deliberate.
However a supervisor on the venue instructed BBC Information the live performance was on account of go forward, including {that a} helicopter was ready at Manchester Airport to deliver her to the venue.
The BBC has approached Minaj’s representatives for remark.
