An Insta-Famous Fitness Model Has Been Charged With Trafficking MDMA

    Mary Molloy and her ex-boyfriend were arrested on Tuesday evening.

    An Instagram fitness model and her ex-boyfriend were arrested on Tuesday night after police raided two properties near Brisbane as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged drug-trafficking gang.

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    Queensland Police executed two search warrants in the Newstead and Teneriffe areas as part of the Operation Papa Rosewood investigation.

    Mary Molloy, 25, is a fitness model with almost 70,000 followers on Instagram. The World Beauty Fitness and Fashion Pro and her 32-year-old ex-boyfriend Jason Atkins have been charged with a number of drug-related offences, including trafficking MDMA. Molloy has also been charged with trafficking cocaine.

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    Molloy switched her Instagram account to private on Thursday afternoon.

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    Police also seized 7.3 kilograms of MDMA (around 24,000 tablets with a street value of $1 million) after a search warrant was executed in Albion, Queensland, last year.

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    The pair appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday and were granted bail, but will appear in court again on April 30.

    Brad Esposito is a news reporter for BuzzFeed and is based in Sydney, Australia.

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