An ex-porn model has admitted trying to smuggle more than £18 million of cocaine from Britain to Australia.
Canadian Isabelle Lagace, 28, took the class A drug on board the £11,000-per-head Sea Princess cruise ship that sailed into Sydney.
She documented her journey with dozens of social media posts taken at stunning locations including the US, South America and Pacific.
But Australian Border Force officers were waiting when the ship docked in Sydney on the 51st day of the 68-day cruise.
Police alleged Lagace, her travelling companion Melina Roberce, 23, and and 64-year-old fellow passenger Andre Tamine were part of a "very well-organised syndicate" to smuggle drugs.
Australian federal police said the illegal shipment was one of the largest ever of its kind, reports the Sydney Morning Herald .
The former porn model's lawyer Louis Ialenti entered the guilty plea at a courthouse in Sydney on her behalf.
The 95kg of drugs were worth $31 million in Australian dollars and were spread across four suitcases.
The cruise began in Southampton and the social media posts show Lagace and Roberce at locations including New York, Bermuda, Ecuador, Tahiti, Colombia, Peru and New Zealand.
The maximum penalty for smuggling cocaine in Australia is life imprisonment.
Roberce and Tamine have not entered pleas yet.
Canadian Isabelle Lagace, 28, took the class A drug on board the £11,000-per-head Sea Princess cruise ship that sailed into Sydney.
She documented her journey with dozens of social media posts taken at stunning locations including the US, South America and Pacific.
But Australian Border Force officers were waiting when the ship docked in Sydney on the 51st day of the 68-day cruise.
Police alleged Lagace, her travelling companion Melina Roberce, 23, and and 64-year-old fellow passenger Andre Tamine were part of a "very well-organised syndicate" to smuggle drugs.
Australian federal police said the illegal shipment was one of the largest ever of its kind, reports the Sydney Morning Herald .
The former porn model's lawyer Louis Ialenti entered the guilty plea at a courthouse in Sydney on her behalf.
The 95kg of drugs were worth $31 million in Australian dollars and were spread across four suitcases.
The cruise began in Southampton and the social media posts show Lagace and Roberce at locations including New York, Bermuda, Ecuador, Tahiti, Colombia, Peru and New Zealand.
The maximum penalty for smuggling cocaine in Australia is life imprisonment.
Roberce and Tamine have not entered pleas yet.
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