Mexican model Anett Pikula’s overt flirting tipped off US Customs and Border Control

A MODEL’S over-the-top flirting tipped off US border patrol officers, who discovered $134,000 in cocaine hidden behind the front grille of her Mercedes Benz, authorities said.

US Customs and Border Protection felt Anett Pikula was “overly talkative” when she was stopped on July 19 at the Port of Lukeville border crossing in Arizona.

“Flirtation was what was going on,” Customs and Border Protection spokesman Garrett Reinhart told the Associated Press.

The packets of cocaine allegedly found behind the front grill of the Mercedes Benz owned by Anett Pikula. Picture: US Customs and Border Control Source: Supplied

Mexican-bo model Anett Pikula's flirting raised made US Customs and Border Protection officials suspicious. Picture: Instagram Source: Instagram

Suspicious officers sent the curvy 39-year-old for a second look and a drug-sniffing dog quickly keyed in on a secret compartment at the engine firewall.

Investigators at the Port of Lukeville opened up the high-end coup and found 6kg of cocaine, packed into bricks and shrink-wrapped.

Pikula, who was bo in Mexico, had been granted US citizenship in April and lives in Phoenix.

The divorced brunette stunner is an audacious world-traveller, posting seductive shots on social media from exotic locales across the globe, including Dubai, Amsterdam and Brazil, the New York Daily News reported.

“My whole life ... romance, suspense, drama, action, cartoons,” she wrote at the top of an Instagram feed full of pictures of Pikula modelling bikinis, eating luxurious meals and flashing designer clothes and purses.

“All true stories,” the alleged drug mule added.

Mexican-bo model Anett Pikula had recently been granted US citizenship. Picture: Instagram Source: Instagram

Pikula was taken into custody and handed to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. She is accused of “knowingly and intentionally possess[ing] with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine”.

A passenger who was with her during the bust was released without charges.

Customs officers seized the drugs and the car.