Netflix's Too Hot to Handle star caught smuggling £150k of cannabis in Thailand drugs bust

Olga Bednarska, who starred connected the 3rd bid of deed Netflix amusement Too Hot to Handle, pleaded blameworthy aft she returned to the UK with 2 suitcases filled with cannabis

A Too Hot to Handle star was caught smuggling £150,000 worthy of cannabis connected a formation from Thailand successful a drugs bust,

Olga Bednarska, who has appeared connected the deed Netflix world show, was stopped by customized officers astatine Manchester Airport. She had 2 ample suitcases containing 40kg of cannabis. Bednarska, 27, claimed she was fixed the bags by a person called "Tex". The influencer said Tex had paid for her flights from Phuket and wanted her to bring backmost decorator apparel and watches.

Bednarska was arrested and aboriginal pleaded blameworthy to being acrophobic successful the fraudulent evasion of a prohibition connected the importation of a people B drug. The erstwhile TV prima had been successful custody since her apprehension past period and wept arsenic she was spared jail. She was alternatively handed a suspended sentence.

Judge John Potter told the tribunal Bednarska had accumulated a indebtedness of £16,000 portion trying to money her lavish lifestyle. Bednarska had "lived beyond her means" and turned to transgression successful an effort to wide her debt, the tribunal heard. She had agreed to alert to Thailand and connected all-expenses paid travel to import decorator items successful instrumentality for £18,000.

Bednarska met an "associate" of Tex connected October 10 earlier she checked into her escaped edifice room. The Netflix prima was fixed "spending money" that she utilized to bargain 2 suitcase for the smuggled goods. She was asked to supply items to "cover up" the decorator apparel and watches. Bednarska was meant to person thing much to bash with it.

She flew location connected October 20 and upon landing was stopped by Border Force officials. Bednarska confirmed she had packed the bags herself and was asked to unlock the suitcases. However, she was incapable to unfastened them arsenic she didn't person the code. Bednarska told the officers she had been fixed the bags astatine the airport.

Under her clothes, determination were a fig of vacuum sealed bags of cannabis. The full value of the drugs came to 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 has been suspended for 2 years.

She was ordered to implicit 15 days of rehabilitation enactment requirements. Bednarska is known for appearing connected bid 3 of Netflix amusement Too Hot to Handle. She is primitively from Poland, but lives successful Manchester and has a ample societal media pursuing wherever she posts snaps from her lavish trips astir the world.

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