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Fitness Influencer Pal Caught With Over 200 Pounds of Cocaine Stuffed into Hidden Compartments in SUV, Police Say

Instagram Influencers Caught With Over 200 Pounds of Cocaine: Cops
Source: Mobile County Sheriff’s Office

June 15 2023, Published 6:00 p.m. ET

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A pair of Instagram influencers were arrested in Alabama after they allegedly trafficked more than 200 pounds of cocaine hidden in their SUV, RadarOnline.com has learned.

On June 1, Racquelle Dolores Anteola, 34, of Van Nuys, California, and Melissa Dufour, 36, of Miramar, Florida, were arrested while driving on Interstate 10 in Alabama, as Front Page Detectives reported.

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Instagram Influencers Caught With Over 200 Pounds of Cocaine: Cops
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Anteola is a singer and rapper who goes by the name Rahky on Instagram, where she has 118,000 followers, The New York Post reported.

Dufour is a fitness entrepreneur who sells a line of clothing called Sexy Sweats to her more than 10,000 followers.

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According to authorities, the women said they met up in Miami and then drove together to Houston for a house party where they got “very drunk” and then headed back to Atlanta.

The pair were pulled over near Mobile, Alabama, for a traffic violation when a K-9 indicated drugs might be in their vehicle, court records stated.

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After looking through the vehicle, police allegedly found several hidden compartments that were concealing 216 pounds of suspected cocaine packed in 84 bundles, authorities said.

The amount of cocaine would have a value of about $3 million.

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According to KTLA, officials said the “vehicle’s back seat was modified with a steel aftermarket compartment.”

The floor of the SUV, police noted, “had also been lowered and welded back together to provide storage room” and “the second compartment was located in the back of the SUV, where the side panels were hollowed out.”

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The women were taken into custody and booked into the Mobile County Metro Jail on cocaine trafficking charges, officials said.

If convicted of federal drug trafficking charges, they each face a minimum of 10 years behind bars, according to authorities.

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