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Love Island star Magdalena Sadlo faces jail after being caught smuggling £53million drugs

Love Island star Magdalena Sadlo faces jail after being caught smuggling £53million drugs

A former Love Island A candidate faces prison after being caught smuggling cocaine as part of a drug deal worth an estimated £53 million.

Magdalena Sadlo, 29, appeared in the Polish version of the hit reality TV show in 2021, where she was introduced as one of the Casa Amor sex bombshells – with the intention of luring the male contestants away from their potential partners.

She pleaded guilty at Carlisle Crown Court this month to transporting the Class A drug between March 2022 and May 2023.

The maximum penalty for this offense is up to seven years in prison, an unlimited fine, or both.

Sadlo was caught as part of an investigation codenamed “Operation Matrix” after flying from Dubai to London’s Heathrow Airport.

At the performance on Love IslandSaldo described herself as a “spontaneous, confident blonde who you can rely on” and boasted that she had once “robbed” someone’s partner.

However, her appearance on the show was short-lived after viewers took offense at her “creepy lips.”

The former Love Island star faces up to seven years in prison.
The former Love Island star faces up to seven years in prison. (Polsat)

Saldo’s LinkedIn page states that she worked in sales until the beginning of the year and then co-founded a luxury yacht rental company in Dubai in January.

The company describes itself as a “one-stop shop for all boat rentals and events” and claims to offer “hospitality and VIP experiences.”

“From glittering birthdays at sea to picture-perfect marriage proposals, intimate engagement parties, sophisticated dinner soirées and important corporate meetings – we are the captains of it all!” says the website.

On LinkedIn, Saldo described himself as someone who has a “passion for serving customers.”

The former reality TV star, who was previously said to live in Bracknell, Berkshire, is due to be sentenced later this year.

Nine men who were also involved in the drug trade were sentenced to more than 106 years in prison in March after admitting conspiracy to traffic the Class A substance.

Manchester Evening News According to reports, the majority of them were from the city.

While smuggling Class A drugs carries a maximum penalty of up to seven years in prison, offences related to trafficking and production carry maximum penalties of life imprisonment, an indefinite fine, or both.

Saldo founded a luxury yacht company earlier this year.
Saldo founded a luxury yacht company earlier this year. (LinkedIn)

Prosecutor Tim Evans said: “This is Amazon-style drug trafficking, with an equally high level of organisation and commercialisation.”

The operation, worth an estimated £53 million, was uncovered when police seized a shipment of one kilogram of cocaine in Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District last February.

Saldo will remain in custody until her verdict is announced.