AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -American rapper Nicki Minaj on Saturday cancelled a present in Manchester, England, after she stated she was held by police at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on allegations of possession of sentimental medication.
“Regardless of Nicki’s finest efforts to discover each attainable avenue to make tonight’s present occur, the occasions of at the moment have made it unimaginable,” the Co-op Reside venue in Manchester stated in a publish on X.
Minaj, 41, was detained hours earlier than the present had been scheduled to start out.
Dutch army police confirmed a 41-year-old American girl had been held for possession of sentimental medication on Saturday, including it was prohibited to take such substances out of the Netherlands.
Police didn’t establish the suspect, however in a later publish on social media platform X stated the girl had been fined and launched round 1945 GMT.
That was 45 minutes after Minaj had been because of start performing on the Manchester Co-op Reside.
The singer had earlier posted a video on X wherein a Schiphol worker apparently advised her that police wished to “search all her baggage”.
One other video on her social media confirmed a police officer telling her she was “carrying medication”. Within the video Minaj denies that.
“Now they stated they discovered weed & that one other group of ppl have to return right here to weigh the pre-rolls,” she stated in a following publish.
The previous “American Idol” decide performed a present in Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome on Thursday and is because of return there for one more present on June 2.