Influencer Sara Monteiro allegedly funded lavish life-style with drug-trafficking cash

A Brazilian magnificence queen has been busted for allegedly funding a lavish life-style with drug-trafficking cash — weeks after boasting that 2026 can be the “year of karma.”

Influencer Sara Monteiro, who bragged about her ritzy life-style to her legion of 107,000 social media followers, was nabbed Wednesday in Sao Paulo as a part of a serious drug crackdown dubbed “Operation Luxury.”

Monteiro, who owned a ladies’s trend retailer that cops stated impressed the operation’s codename, boasted about her holidays, attended yacht events and the Tomorrowland music competition — however high cop Rafael Herrera described her life-style as “economically incompatible” with actuality, Globo reported.

Investigators consider the Miss Uberlandia 2025 winner, 36, profited from cash allegedly made by means of trafficking marijuana throughout Brazil.

She was allegedly seen close to a rural residence that was getting used as a drug transport base whereas strolling her canine, additional fueling cops’ suspicions.

She’s set to face allegations of cash laundering, drug trafficking and involvement in an organized crime group, simply weeks after an ironic submit about what the approaching 12 months would maintain.

“This year is the year of karma. Good luck to everyone who tried to destroy me for nothing, I’m looking forward to the harvest!” she stated.

Cops have already seized 5.9 tons of marijuana as a part of a wider investigation and are trying to find the influencer’s husband.

He’s accused of transferring greater than $2.1 million in unexplained transactions whereas additionally dwelling a lifetime of luxurious.

So far, 24 folks have been arrested and 20 automobiles have been seized, together with Porsches and BMWs, as a part of Operation Luxury.