(CNN) — Rapper Nicki Minaj was detained by Dutch authorities over the weekend for allegedly “carrying drugs,” according to police
In a video captured on the hip-hop artist’s Instagram live stream – which was later spread online by several social media accounts – Minaj is heard speaking to police at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport while holding the camera. from your phone.
In the video, Minaj mentions “pre-rolls they found,” and is then seen being pulled from her vehicle and urged into a police van. When she asks why they are telling her to get into the vehicle, an officer informs her that she is “detained,” and later adds that she is “carrying drugs.”
Minaj responds: “I don’t carry drugs.”
Throughout the video, Minaj repeatedly asks for the address of the police station and the presence of a lawyer, while the police ask her to “stop recording.”
When CNN contacted authorities in Amsterdam under Minaj’s given name, Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, Dutch military police, known as the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, said they had detained a 41-year-old American woman with “soft drugs” in Schiphol airport. She is currently detained and is being questioned at the police station, according to the police.
CNN has contacted Minaj’s representatives for comment.
Minaj is currently on a world tour with Pink Friday 2 in support of her latest album, released earlier this year. According to her website, she was scheduled to perform in Manchester (UK) on Saturday night, May 25. On Thursday night she performed in Amsterdam.
