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Nicki Minaj was released from custody Saturday hours after she was apparently arrested by police in the Netherlands on suspicion of exporting soft drugs, authorities said. The rapper was fined and allowed to 'continue her journey,' police said in a translated post on X just before 4 p.m. ET. Minaj, 41, was traveling to Manchester, England, from Amsterdam for a concert on her 'Pink Friday 2 World Tour' when she was apparently arrested.
'But isn't that what you planned on doing from the get-go? Why didn't you guys search it before it went on the plane,' she responds. The man says they did a 'random quick check' but need to open the luggage. In subsequent posts, Minaj said she believed people were trying to 'stop this tour' and were lying to her. 'They took my luggage & when I asked where it is they said it’s on the plane. It couldn’t have been, I just pulled up,' she said.
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