Netflix reality star caught smuggling £150k worth of drugs on flight from Thailand after trying to fund lavish lifestyle

A FORMER Netflix world prima was caught smuggling £150,000 worthy of drugs connected a formation from Thailand.

Olga Bednarska, 27, was stopped by customs officers astatine Manchester Airport with 2 ample suitcases containing 40kg of cannabis.

The influencer, who appeared connected Netflix amusement Too Hot to Handle, claimed she was fixed the bags by a pal called "Tex".

Bednarska said Tex paid for her flights and wanted her to bring backmost decorator apparel and watches from Phuket.

She was arrested and aboriginal pleaded blameworthy to being acrophobic successful the fraudulent evasion of a prohibition connected the importation of a people B drug.

Bednarska, who has been successful custody since her apprehension successful October, wept arsenic she was spared a prison word and alternatively handed a suspended sentence.

Judge John Potter said the ex-reality prima had landed herself successful £16,000 of indebtedness portion trying to find her lavish lifestyle.

The court heard Bednarska had "lived beyond her means" truthful resorted to crime to hitch the debt.

She agreed to alert to Thailand connected an all-expenses paid travel to import decorator items retired of the state successful instrumentality for £18,000.

On October 10, she met with an "associate" of her person Tex earlier checking into her escaped edifice room.

Bednarska was past fixed "spending money", which she utilized to bargain the 2 suitcases for the smuggled goods.

She was asked to supply items to "cover up" the evident apparel and watches and was meant to person thing much to bash with it.

But erstwhile she flew location connected October 20, Bednarska was stopped by Border Force officials and confirmed she had packed the bags herself.

She was asked to unlock the suitcases but was incapable to bash truthful arsenic she did not person the code.

Bednarska past told the officials she had been fixed the bags astatine the airport.

Hidden beneath her apparel were a fig of vacuum sealed bags of cannabis.

The full value was 39.4kg, which was said to beryllium worthy astir £157,600.

Judge Potter said: "You decided to spot your spot successful idiosyncratic you hardly knew. You were acting nether the absorption of others, perchance for further profit.

“I americium definite you tin ideate the harm that wholesale worth drugs person connected our communities erstwhile they are sold for profit. You person straight contributed to this by agreeing to bash what you did.”

Bednarska was handed a 20 period sentence, which was suspended for 2 years.

She was besides ordered to implicit 15 days of rehabilitation enactment requirements.

Bednarska, who is primitively from Poland but lives successful Manchester, appeared connected bid 3 of Too Hot to Handle.