It is reported that a pair of Instagram influencers have been arrested after getting busted with over 200 pounds of cocaine, worth over $2 million.
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Instagram Influencers Arrested After Getting Busted With Over 200 Pounds Of Cocaine
The two women have been identified as 34-year-old Racquelle Marie Dolores Anteola, a singer, songwriter and rapper from Van Nuys, California who goes by the name of Rahky on Instagram. On the social media network she has over 118,000 followers.
Her counterpart in the crime has been identified as 36-year-old fitness and entrepreneur Melissa Dufour, who has over 11,000 followers on Instagram. Dufour, is from Miramar, Florida, is a traveling make-up artist, and has a brand called Sexy Sweats.
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According to reports, the pair of Instagram influencers were busted with at least $2.1 million worth of cocaine packed into secret compartments of a Black Ford Expedition they drove through Alabama earlier this month.
Officials with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said that the two influencers initially told them conflicting stories about where they were coming from and going. However, it was later determined that they both met up in Miami, Florida and then drove together in the SUV, heading towards Houston, Texas for a house party.
The women claimed that while at the party, they got “very drunk,” and later got back on the road to head to Atlanta, Georgia.
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According to court papers, the two women were pulled over on Interstate 110 near Mobile, Alabama for a traffic violation. During the stop, a K-9 alerted officers that drugs might be in their vehicle.
Upon searching through the women’s Black SUV, officers allegedly discovered several hidden compartments concealing 217 pounds of “suspected” cocaine that were packed in 84 bundles. According to an Alabama Federal Court filing, prosecutors claimed that the SUV had been modified to hide the drugs.
They claimed that the floorboard was “lowered and welded back together” to make for more storage room for the bundles of cocaine to fit and be concealed. It is also reported that “a second compartment was located in the back of the SUV, where the side panels were hollowed out.” They said “the vehicle’s back seat was modified with a steel aftermarket compartment.”
The two influencers are currently facing a minimum of 10 years in prison on federal drug trafficking charges after they were arrested on June 1 by MCSO and U.S. Border Patrol officials. They both remain in Mobile Metro Jail on $1 million bonds.
Meanwhile, it is also reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had stepped in to take the women into custody on their federal charges.
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