Love Island star, 29, faces jail after she was caught flying into Heathrow from Dubai as a cocaine courier in £53million county lines drug smuggling racket

• Magdalena Sadlo was seized by police after flying into Heathrow from Dubai

A woman who appeared on the Polish version of Love Island has pleaded guilty to being a cocaine courier in a £53million drug smuggling operation in the UK.

Magdalena Sadlo appeared at Carlisle crown court last Friday, where she admitted to conspiring to supply the class A drug between March 2022 and May last year.

Described as one of the UK's largest ever drug busts, the 29-year-old was seized by police after flying into Heathrow from Dubai as part of an investigation codenamed Operation Matrix.

The Love Island star who appeared on the show's third season in 2021, described herself at the time as living in London and being a 'spontaneous, self-confident blonde who you can count on'.

She added that she had previously 'stolen' another woman's boyfriend.

Sadlo was put into the show's Casa Amor (House of Love) where she was to try and lure male contestants away from their partners.

But she was voted off after viewers severely criticised her for having 'scary lips' and looking like she had 'fell into a beehive'.

According to her LinkedIn page, prior to the show Sadlo worked in sales, including at Ascot, before co-founding a luxury yacht rental company in Dubai at the beginning of 2024.

Specialising in 'Hospitality & VIP Experiences', the company said it offered a 'one-stop shop for all boat rental and events.'

The company's website said: 'From birthdays that sparkle on the sea to picture-perfect proposals, intimate engagement parties, sophisticated dinner soirées, to high-stakes corporate gatherings—we captain it all!'

Sadlo, who was previously registered at an address in Ingleton, Bracknell, Berkshire, has now been remanded in custody until sentencing later this year.

Carlisle Crown Court heard how huge amounts of cocaine were imported into the UK before being distributed nationwide by an organised crime gang.

In March this year, nine men were given jail sentences totalling more than 106 years for their involvement.

Prosecutor Tim Evans said at the sentencing hearing: 'This is Amazon-style drug-dealing with that level of organisation and commerciality about it.'

The massive county lines cocaine supply plot was blown apart after a drug seizure in the Lake District.

After finding 1kg of cocaine in Bowness-on-Windermere, cops nabbed a number of suspects and seized phones providing damning evidence of the true scale of the operation and of those involved.