Netflix Reality Show Star, 27, Snared Smuggling Nearly $200K Of Drugs On Flight From Thailand as She Battled to Fund Lavish Lifestyle
Olga Bednarska turned to crime to fund luxurious lifestyle.
Nov. 27 2024, Updated 8:56 a.m. ET
A Netflix reality TV star has been caught smuggling $200,000 worth of drugs in the UK.
RadarOnline.com can reveal former Too Hot to Handle contestant Olga Bednarska, 27, was stopped by customs officers at Manchester Airport with two large suitcases containing 40kg of cannabis.
Bednarska was stopped with two large suitcases containing 40kg of cannabis.
The influencer claimed she was given the bags by a pal called "Tex" who paid for her flights and wanted her to bring back designer clothes and watches from Phuket, Thailand.
She was arrested and later pleaded guilty to being concerned in the fraudulent evasion of a prohibition on the importation of a class B drug.
Bednarska, who has been in custody since her arrest in October, wept as she was spared a prison term and instead handed a suspended sentence in a British court.
Judge John Potter said the ex-reality star had landed herself in $20,000 of debt while trying to find her lavish lifestyle.
Bednarska wept in court when she was spared prison.
The court heard Bednarska had "lived beyond her means" so resorted to crime to wipe the debt.
She agreed to fly to Thailand on an all-expenses-paid trip to export designer items out of the country in return for $23,000.
On October 10, she met with an "associate" of her friend Tex before checking into her free hotel room.
Bednarska was then given "spending money", which she used to buy the two suitcases for the smuggled goods.
Bednarska appeared in Series Three of Too Hot to Handle.
She was asked to provide items to "cover up" the apparent clothes and watches and was meant to have nothing more to do with it.
But when she flew home on 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 unable to do so as she did not have the code.
Bednarska then told the officials she had been given the bags at the airport.
Hidden beneath her clothes were a number of vacuum sealed bags of cannabis.
Bednarska had vacuumed bags of cannibis hidden under clothes.
The total weight was 39.4kg, which was said to be worth around $200,000.
Judge Potter said: "You decided to place your trust in someone you hardly knew
You were acting under the direction of others, potentially for further profit.
“I am sure you can imagine the harm that wholesale value drugs have on our communities when they are sold for profit.
“You have directly contributed to this by agreeing to do what you did.”
Bednarska was handed a 20-month sentence, which was suspended for two years.
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Bednarska was handed a 20-month sentence, which was suspended for two years.
She was also ordered to complete 15 days of rehabilitation activity requirements.
Bednarska, who is originally from Poland but lives in Manchester, appeared on Series 3 of Too Hot to Handle.
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