- US rapper Nicki Minaj (41) was temporarily taken into custody by police at Amsterdam airport for drug possession.
- The public prosecutor imposed a fine of 350 euros.
The public prosecutor then allowed the global star to travel on to a concert in Great Britain, reported the news agency ANP. A spokesman for the Dutch border police said the rapper had “quite a lot of joints” with her.
Minaj herself reported on the incident on the platform X, among others, and spoke of joints. Her bodyguard explained that they belonged to him. “By the way, this is Amsterdam, where smoking weed is legal,” she wrote.
Accusation of sabotage
Minaj was travelling by private plane and made a stopover in Amsterdam. A performance in Manchester, England, was planned for Saturday evening for her “Pink Friday 2” tour. But now the star suspected a conspiracy: “They’re getting paid a lot of money to try to sabotage my tour because so many people are angry that it’s so successful and they’re not getting anything.”
Import is not legal
The Dutch public broadcaster NOS said that some people were probably surprised that the singer was stopped in a country where cannabis is legal. However, that is not the case: “In the Netherlands, only up to 5 grams of soft drugs are tolerated. In addition, it is not allowed to bring drugs through customs at Dutch airports.”
Legend:
The concert in Manchester had to be cancelled after the drug incident in Amsterdam.
Reuters/Temilade Adelaja
Minaj is in constant contact with her fans via social networks. On X, she has more than 28 million users following her, and on Instagram, there are even more than
s 229 million. The musician, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago in South America and lives in the USA, became famous in 2010 with the album «Pink Friday».