BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – A former Colombian beauty  queen suspected of leading a band of young women who smuggled  cocaine from Argentina to Europe was arrested yesterday in  Argentina, a judicial source said.

Police arrested Angie Sanclemente Valencia, 31, at a youth  hostel in Buenos Aires, the source told Reuters, asking not to  be named because the investigation is ongoing.

The ex-model and actress won one of Colombia’s top beauty  pageants in 2000 but was later dethroned after it was revealed  she had lied about being single.

She vanished several months ago amid an investigation by  Argentine authorities into accusations she headed up a group of  women who transported cocaine on flights from Buenos Aires to  Europe via Mexico.