Chef at prestigious London hotel caught trying to smuggle £2,300 worth of deadly party drugs into Creamfields festival
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn award-winning pastry chef based at one of London's most prestigious hotels is behind bars this week after she was caught trying to smuggle £2,300 worth of deadly party drugs into a top music festival.
Ana Catarina Nogueria De Melo, 23, was arrested after she agreed to take a huge haul of MDMA, Mcat and Ketamine into Creamfields 2022 on behalf of a drug dealer - in return for drugs plus cash towards her weekend tickets, food and drink.
The £40,000-a-year sous chef who works at the £749 a night five star InterContinental in Park Lane was seen by security staff at the Cheshire festival to walk past amnesty bins and posters warning of the consequences of smuggling drugs into the festival - only for her to be detected by sniffer dogs.
Just a month after her arrest in August last year, she was honoured with a Pastry Award from the Craft Guild of Chefs at a glittering awards ceremony at the Royal Lancaster Hotel for her work in the kitchen at the Intercontinental.
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