Musical star Nicki Minaj was arrested at an airport in the Netherlands hours before her performance at Co-op Live in Manchester.
The American rapper was detained at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on suspicion of possession of soft drugs.
Minaj posted a series of messages on social media site X – including one message in which she wrote “they said they found weed.”
She also claimed that “they took my luggage without consent” and “are trying to stop me from MANCHESTER”.
The messages also included one where she wrote: “By the way, this is Amsterdam, where marijuana is legal.”
The star also filmed what appeared to be an airport employee asking her to check in her luggage.
Minaj later wrote, “It’s a 45 minute to an hour flight. So they’re probably trying to stop for about 4 hours.”
And he added: “Now they said I have to leave for 5 minutes to give a statement about my safety at the police station.”
She hasn’t posted on X since.
Asked about Minaj, Robert van Kapel, spokesman for the Royal Dutch Marechaussee, told Sky News partner network NBC News: “We can confirm that we arrested a 41-year-old American woman at Schiphol airport for possession of soft drugs. .”
It’s unclear whether Minaj’s Co-op Live concert was affected.
A post on the venue’s X account said shortly after 5:15 p.m.: “Please note that general admission and premium doors for tonight’s Nicki Minaj show will now open at 7 p.m.”
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The beleaguered Co-op Live arena in Manchester – the UK’s biggest indoor entertainment venue – finally opened earlier this month after being plagued by a series of problems.
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