Brian McDonald
Rapper Nicki Minaj was briefly arrested and then fined at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on Saturday over allegations that authorities found “soft drugs” in her luggage, according to Dutch authorities.
The Royal Dutch Marechaussee, which is the Dutch national police agency, posted on social media Saturday night, a 41-year-old American woman who was arrested on suspicion of exporting soft drugs was fined and released from custody after authorities consulted with local prosecutors. The amount of the fine was not disclosed.
Although Dutch police have not named Minaj as the suspect in question, the rapper video posted to social media about the ordeal. In the video, she explains that the police told her that the officers had found marijuana in her bags and that it would have to be weighed.
Minaj’s video shows a man in a suit telling her that the police want to “search all of your luggage.”
“The police officer told me that we have to unload all your luggage and search all your luggage,” the man, who was not immediately identified, says in the video.
“…He (a police officer) can’t believe you don’t have more with you than you said,” the man can also be heard saying.
Cannabis is illegal in the Netherlands, but is tolerated for recreational use.
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In the video, officers can be heard telling Minaj that she was “under arrest” for “possessing drugs,” before asking her to get into a van to go to the police station.
Minaj, who was born Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, denied the allegations and requested a lawyer several times before getting into the van.
Before Minaj’s release, Robert Kapel, a military police spokesman, told AFP that “an interrogation is still ongoing.”
A representative for Minaj and the Amsterdam police did not immediately respond to CBS News’ request for comment.
In a series of posts on XMinaj stated that the arrest was an attempt to “sabotage my tour”.
“They’re getting paid a lot of money to try to sabotage my tour because soooo many people are mad because it’s so successful and they can’t eat from me. They were caught stealing money from my trips/jets. crazy. Etc,” she said.
Minaj was in Amsterdam, where she performed at Ziggo’s Dome on Thursday, and was on her way to Manchester, England, for another show as part of her Pink Friday 2 World Tour.
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