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A model who spent almost three months in jail wrongly accused of drug running has been awarded £20,000 compensation.
Greta Gila, 22, was arrested by cops when they burst into her hotel at Rome airport after she had flown in from London for the dream of a lifetime assignment which quickly became a nightmare.
She had been on a stopover in the Italian capital before heading onwards to Tokyo and was due to meet a costume designer who was going to travel with her.
But unknown to Greta the woman had been intercepted by police in Brazil carrying 11 kilos of cocaine and officers had allowed her to continue as part of a 'controlled delivery' to see where the drugs ended up.
A model who spent almost three months in jail wrongly accused of drug running has been awarded £20,000 compensation
Greta Gila (pictured), 22, was arrested by cops when they burst into her hotel at Rome airport after she had flown in from London for the dream of a lifetime assignment which quickly became a nightmare
Hungarian born Greta - a former Miss Universe entrant - had been promised £1,500 for the assignment by the London agency who hired her for the shoot in March 2019.
As she sat in her hotel room chatting to her parents on the telephone armed cops burst in and arrested her on suspicion of being part of an international drugs courier network.
She was held on remand for 74 days before eventually being released but had to spend a further six months in Italy signing
