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Nicki Minaj Arrested for Allegedly Carrying ‘illicit Drugs’

A United States-based Trinidadian rapper, Nicki Minaj, has been reportedly arrested.

VOP News understands that the 41-year-old entertainer was apprehended at Amsterdam airport on Saturday.

A video footage from Nicky Minaj’s Instagram Live showed moments she was been interrogated by security operatives over alleged possession of ‘illicit drugs’.

As seen in the clip, a police officer stated that the 12-time Grammy nominee was being detained “because you’re carrying drugs” after Minaj asked why she was being arrested.

However, The US singer and rapper was released from custody just before 9pm on Saturday but she will have to pay an undisclosed fine for “illegally exporting soft drugs from the Netherlands to another country”.

Nicki Minaj’s concert at the Co-op Live arena in Manchester, attended by thousands of fans, has been postponed at the last minute after she was arrested hours earlier in the Netherlands.

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