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<div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C7e1SpcNSF4/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=698&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2531039.6000000006%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="879" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p dir="ltr">Nicki Minaj promised her fans an &quot;added bonus&quot; after they were left waiting for her at Manchester&#x27;s Co-op Live arena in the UK on Saturday night.</p><p dir="ltr">The American rapper was detained at Amsterdam&#x27;s Schiphol Airport on suspicion of possessing &quot;soft drugs&quot; ahead of the concert.</p><p dir="ltr">She wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Dutch authorities &quot;said they found weed&quot; in her luggage.</p><p dir="ltr">&quot;So they succeeded at their plan to not let me get on that stage tonight. I succeeded @ getting to the root of it all by recording them &amp; posting everything in real time,&quot; Minaj wrote.</p><p dir="ltr">She also promised her fans that another date would be announced for the canceled show in Manchester. &quot;I&#x27;m going to create an added bonus for everyone that had a tkt (ticket) for this show. Promise,&quot; she wrote.</p><div dir="ltr"><strong>What did Dutch police say?</strong></div><p dir="ltr">Robert Van Kapel, a spokesperson for the Netherlands military police, would only confirm that they arrested a 41-year-old American woman for &quot;exporting soft drugs.&quot; He did not identify her or the drugs.</p><p dir="ltr">Police later tweeted that they fined the woman and released her.</p><p dir="ltr">Minaj shared a video of authorities asking to search her bag. In another video, a police officer can be seen telling her she is carrying drugs, which she denies.</p><p dir="ltr">&quot;Now they said they found weed &amp; that another group of ppl have to come here to weigh the pre-rolls,&quot; she posted.</p><p dir="ltr">Minaj said the &quot;pre-rolls&quot; belonged to her security guard and that her bags had been searched &quot;without consent.&quot;</p><p dir="ltr">The concert venue had already let the audience in when the event was announced to be cancelled. Fans chanted &quot;Free Nicki Minaj&quot; in solidarity with her.</p><p dir="ltr">Many messages of support from fans poured in on X, as the hashtag #FREENICKI was trending.</p><div dir="ltr"><strong>Cannabis illegal in the Netherlands</strong></div><p dir="ltr">It is commonly believed that cannabis is legal in the Netherlands, which has several coffee shops selling weed.</p><p dir="ltr">While the consumption of weed is technically prohibited, authorities do not enforce this law as part of a &quot;tolerance&quot; policy to separate soft drug users from criminal dealers who may introduce them to hard drugs.</p><p dir="ltr">Authorities are getting stricter; in Amsterdam, they have started fining people caught smoking marijuana om the streets.</p><p dir="ltr">It is part of a move to crack down on the growing number of so-called party tourists who have been clogging the streets, especially in the red-light district.</p>

<p>The US rapper was detained at Amsterdam Schiphol airport for allegedly carrying 'soft drugs.'</p>

The US rapper was detained at Amsterdam Schiphol airport for allegedly carrying 'soft drugs.'

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Nicki Minaj vows to make amends with fans after drug arrest

Deutsche Welle

Published May 28, 2024 03:43 PM PHT

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