Nicki Minaj has been released from police custody in the Netherlands, just hours after the rapper was filmed being arrested by Dutch police for allegedly “carrying drugs”.
In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, May 25, the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee confirmed the rapper’s release.
“We have just released a 41-year-old American woman who we arrested this afternoon at Schiphol on suspicion of exporting light drugs. After consultation with the state attorney’s office, the suspect was fined and can continue her journey,” reads the statement translated from Dutch.
In an Instagram Live video posted on X by Minaj’s fan account, police officers in Amsterdam could be heard telling Minaj that she was “under arrest” for “carrying drugs”, before asking her to get into a van and go to Police Station station.
After denying the claims and repeatedly asking for a lawyer, Minaj (born Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty) then got into a van at what appeared to be an airport.
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A Dutch police spokesman told NBC News that “a 41-year-old American woman was arrested at Schiphol Airport for possession of soft drugs.”
A representative for Minaj and the Amsterdam police did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Minaj was on her way to Manchester, England for a performance as part of her Pink Friday 2 World Tour when she filmed the incident.
In another video posted on her Instagram, Minaj spoke on camera with a man in a suit, who told her the cops wanted to get her luggage again “because you filmed [the police officer].”
“… He doesn’t believe that you don’t have more with you than you said,” the man added.
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In a series of posts on X, Minaj wrote that the arrest was an attempt to “sabotage my tour.”
“They got paid a lot of money to try to sabotage my tour b/c so many people are mad that it’s so successful and can’t eat from me. They got caught stealing money from my trips/jets. They got fired. Got mad, etc,” she said. is.
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She also wrote on Xu that her bags were taken without her consent, and the plan was to allegedly delay her so that she would miss the performance.
In another post, Minaj said her security team told officers she had several rolls of marijuana in her bag.
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