Modou Adams jailed after trying to smuggle 2.9kg of cocaine out of Peru

A TikTok star who paraded his jet-setting lifestyle on social media has been jailed in Peru for almost seven years after being caught with nearly three kilograms of cocaine in his suitcase.

Modou Adams, 25, would post candid pictures on his Instagram called ‘boywholives’, showing his glamorous life as he spent time in Los Angeles, Athens, and multiple trips to Peru, including a visit to Machu Pichu.

However, all is not what it seemed as Adams ostensibly high-flying model lifestyle disguised his sideline as a drugs mule and he will now be spending the remainder of his 20s and early 30s in a prison cell.

According to a statement published by Peru’s Supreme Court, he has been sentenced to six years and eight months in prison for trying to smuggle 2.89 kilograms of cocaine to London.

Adams, from London, was apprehended at Jorge Chávez international airport – Peru’s main airport, around 11km outside capital city Lima – on September 30.

“The British citizen was intervened…when he was transporting toxic drugs in the structure of his suitcase bound for Paris – France to be sent to the final destination of London – United Kingdom,” said a statement issued by the Peruvian State.

“During the police intervention, the checked baggage of the suspect was opened, inside which clothing was found and a package was seen on the back of the suitcase into which a metal punch was inserted to extract the drugs.”

Photos posted to Adams’ Instagram account – where he has more than 11,000 followers – just four days prior to his arrest shows him visiting the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu in the Peruvian Andes.

At a court hearing, an interpreter helped Adams make sense of the proceedings.

He pleaded guilty to “illicit trafficking in toxic drugs, to the detriment of the Peruvian State, for having coordinated the shipment of 2.898 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride destined for London”, said the Peruvian State.

Judge Renee Quispe Silva sentenced Adams to six years and eight months in prison, and ordered him to pay 6,500 thousand soles (£1,368) as civil repar The court also ordered Adams to pay a fine of 1,281 soles (£271) to the Public Treasury.

Peru’s Supreme Court shared a Photoshopped image on X, formerly Twitter, showing Adams behind bars.

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Peru’s Supreme Court shared a Photoshopped image on X, formerly Twitter, showing Adams behind bars.

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