Nicki Minaj has been launched by police after being detained at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.
Dutch police posted on X: “Now we have simply launched a 41-year-old American girl whom we arrested this afternoon at Schiphol on suspicion of exporting smooth medicine. The suspect was fined and may proceed her journey.”
Minaj was scheduled to fly to Manchester for a live performance on the Co-op Reside venue on Saturday night.
She filmed a part of her encounter with the police and posted it on social media, the place a police officer may be heard saying, “You’re underneath arrest.”
Regardless of the arrest, hundreds of followers, many donning her trademark pink, gathered at Co-op Reside in good spirits, hoping the present would nonetheless happen. Some even began chanting, “Free Nicki Minaj!”
Followers Georgina Warde and Darcy Nicholls, each 18, traveled from Newcastle and had been eagerly awaiting the present since shopping for their tickets in December. They expressed their disappointment at the potential of the present being canceled. “I’m attempting to remain constructive, however we’ve accepted the truth that it might not occur. We’re mentally ready for that,” stated Nicholls. Regardless of this, she added, “I actually hope she comes on, nevertheless it’s Nicki, so we knew it will be delayed someway.”
Minaj additionally posted a collection of messages on X relating to the incident. “They took my baggage with out consent,” she wrote. In one other publish, she added, “That is Amsterdam btw, the place weed is authorized,” referring to the drug hashish.
Minaj was initially scheduled to go on stage on the Co-op Reside area at 8:00 PM BST. Doorways to the live performance opened round half-hour late on Saturday, and by 8:30 PM, it was unclear if the gig would proceed as deliberate. Nevertheless, a supervisor on the venue advised BBC Information that the live performance was set to go forward, with a helicopter ready at Manchester Airport to deliver Minaj to the venue.
Zojuist hebben wij een 41-jarige Amerikaanse vrouw in vrijheid gesteld die we vanmiddag op Schiphol hebben aangehouden op verdenking van uitvoer van softdrugs. De verdachte heeft na overleg met het Openbaar Ministerie een geldboete gekregen en kan haar weg vervolgen. pic.twitter.com/FXuTWmtVnt
— Koninklijke Marechaussee (@Marechaussee) Might 25, 2024
