Ex-Bolivian beauty queen arrested after private plane is forced to make emergency landing – & cops make shock discovery
Ex-Bolivian beauty queen arrested after private plane is forced to make emergency landing – & cops make shock discovery
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A FORMER beauty queen has been arrested after the plane she was on landed in a field and cops made a shocking discovery. 21-year-old beauty queen Jade Isabela Callau Barriga was reported on board a private aircraft with Brazilian national Carlos Costa Diaz, 52 when they were forced to make an emergency landing.
![[Former beauty queen on drug plane.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/video-shows-former-beauty-queen-967369826.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
The aircraft landed in a field in Islas de Ibicuy in Entre Rios, Argentina. The shock incident saw locals call the police which led to the shocking discovery of over 350kg of pure cocaine. After searching the Cessna 210 aircraft, authorities found 359kg of cocaine split into 10 separate packages.
![[Small airplane on the ground; 359 kilograms of cocaine were seized.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/video-shows-discovery-drug-plane-967369819.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
The seizure has been valued at a whopping €14 million or £11.7 million. Nestor Roncaglia, Security Minister of the Entre Rios province, said: "During the early hours of last Thursday morning, the Entre Ríos police were informed about the landing of a plane in a field in the department of Islas del Ibicuy.
![[Seized cocaine bricks near a plane in Entre Rios, Argentina.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/video-shows-discovery-drug-plane-967369820.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
"A couple were travelling in the plane, who fled and were later arrested. They were a man from Brazil and a woman from Bolivia. "In view of this event, the federal judge on duty, Dr. Analía Ramponi, was informed.". It has been claimed that Barriga was onboard the aircraft as a trusted member of a criminal gang linked to her family to stop the haul from being stolen.
![[Woman holding Miss Expoborja 2016 sash, celebrating with a man.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/picture-shows-woman-nicknamed-chabela-967369808.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
An unnamed source close to the investigation told local media: "Sometimes they send a trusted person with the cargo because they do not know or trust the pilot.". Two crew members who were also onboard the aircraft reportedly attempted to evade arrest by telling the authorities two versions of events to explain the sudden landing.
