NEW YORK: A model who was busted for allegedly smuggling cocaine over the U.S.-Mexico border was done in by her “overly talkative” behavior.
Thirty-nine-year-old Anett Pikula, a Mexican model who recently became a U.S. citizen and lives in Phoenix, was stopped at a Lukeville, Arizona, checkpoint July 19 by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents. Federal agents became suspicious of her behavior and used a drug-sniffing dog to search her car, where they discovered the shrink-wrapped cocaine in the trunk of her Mercedes Benz.
“Flirting is what was going on,” Customs and Border Protection spokesperson Garrett Reinhart said.
Pikula has been taken into custody and handed over to federal immigration officers. A passenger who was with her at the time of the bust was released without charges.
