Nicki Minaj Arrested Over Alleged Possession Of ‘Illicit Drugs’
A United States-based Trinidadian rapper, Nicki Minaj has been arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands on her way to Manchester where she had been booked to perform at Co-op live.
A video footage from Nicky Minaj’s Instagram Live showed moments she was been interrogated by security operatives over alleged possession of ‘illicit drugs’.
As seen in the clip, a police officer stated that the 12-time Grammy nominee was being detained “because you’re carrying drugs” after Minaj asked why she was being arrested
Minaj had in a post on her X handle since Saturday afternoon, saying that the Police claimed they found weed in her luggage after a Customs check.
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Nicki Minaj, who shared a video of airport officials asking to search her luggage, again asserted that the whole action was a ploy by her enemies, through the police, to obstruct her Pink Friday World Tour and her performance in Manchester.
“They’re being paid big money to try to sabotage my tour b/c soooooo many people are mad that it’s this successful & they can’t eat off me. They got caught stealing money from my travel jets. Got Fired.Got mad. Etc,” she said.
A few minutes later, Nicki also posted “This is Amsterdam btw, where weed is legal.”
About an hour later, Nicki also reiterated the police’s claim that weed had been found in her luggage, saying, “now they said they found weed & that another group of pple have to come here to weigh the pre-rolls. Keep in mind they took my bags without my consent. My security has already advised them those pre-rolls belong to the. Oh yea & the pilot wants me to take my ig post down.”
She has however been released.
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