Nicki Minaj was released after an apparent arrest in the Netherlands on suspicion of exporting soft drugs

The rapper was traveling to Manchester, England, from Amsterdam for a concert on her “Pink Friday 2 World Tour.”

Nicki Minaj in New York City.Dia Dipasupil / FilmMagic

Nicki Minaj was released from custody on Saturday after being arrested by police in the Netherlands on suspicion of exporting soft drugs, authorities reported.

The rapper was fined and allowed to "continue her journey," according to a translated police post on X around 4 p.m. ET.

Minaj, 41, was en route to Manchester, England, from Amsterdam for a concert on her “Pink Friday 2 World Tour” when the arrest occurred. Minaj, whose real name is Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, was scheduled to perform at the Co-op Live arena in Manchester on Saturday night. However, Live Nation UK announced the show was postponed.

“Despite Nicki’s best efforts to explore every possible avenue to make tonight’s show happen, the events of today have made it impossible,” the company stated. “We are deeply disappointed by the inconvenience this has caused.”

Tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled concert, the company assured.

Although police did not officially name the person arrested, a spokesperson confirmed that officers had detained a "41-year-old American woman at Schiphol Airport because of possession of soft drugs" when asked if it was Minaj.

In a social media post early Sunday local time, Minaj detailed her experience, saying she had arrived at her Manchester hotel a little more than an hour earlier. "After sitting in a jail cell for 5-6 hours, my plane still didn’t take off for another 20 mins once I boarded the 50-minute flight from Amsterdam," she wrote.

"Please please please accept my deepest & most sincere apologies," Minaj continued. "They sure did know exactly how to hurt me today but this too, shall pass."

The rapper mentioned she hopes to announce the rescheduled date for Saturday's show on Sunday and that her team is considering options in June and July.

She confirmed that she would still perform the second show in Manchester on Thursday and the Birmingham show on Sunday.

"I’ll find a way to not only make up the date with the performance but I’m going to create an added bonus for everyone that had a ticket for this show. Promise," Minaj assured her fans.

Earlier on Saturday, Minaj shared several posts on social media detailing the incident.

In one video posted on X, the rapper is seen being informed that her luggage needs to be searched.

“I’m so sorry to say that,” a man at the airport tells her.

“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 explains that they did a “random quick check” but now need to open the luggage.

In subsequent posts, Minaj expressed her belief that people were trying to “stop this tour” and lying to her.

“They took my luggage & when I asked where it was they said it was on the plane. It couldn’t have been, I just pulled up,” she said. “I never gave them my bags. They’re refusing to let me see my own bags.”

In another post, she wrote: “They’re being paid big money to try to sabotage my tour b/c soooooo many ppl are mad that it’s this successful & they can’t eat off me. They got caught stealing money from my travel/jets. Got fired. Got mad. Etc.”

“This is how they plant things in your luggage,” she added in another post.

In her Sunday social media post, Minaj mentioned that she has video evidence of the encounter and will “have the lawyers & GOD take it from here tho.”