Kim Kardashian fan who tried smuggling £2m to Dubai 'had surgery to look like star'

A Kim Kardashian fan tried smuggling £2m to Dubai after reportedly undergoing surgery to look like the star.

Tara Hanlon, 30, admitted money laundering offences after she was caught trying to fly to Dubai with almost £2m in suitcases.

Hanlon, from Leeds, was stopped at Heathrow Airport as she tried to board a flight to the United Arab Emirates in October 2020.

Border officials found more than £1.9m cash in pound sterling stashed into five suitcases, which was described at the time as the largest airport cash haul of 2020..

The 30-year-old, who appeared via a video-link at Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to remove criminal property from England and Wales between July 13 and October 4 last year, reports Leeds Live.

Hanlon admitted three counts of removing criminal property, relating to cash amounts of £1.4m on July 14, £1.1m on August 10 and £1m on August 31 last year (PA)

However, Hanlon did admit three counts of removing criminal property, relating to cash amounts of £1.4m on July 14, £1.1m on August 10 and £1m on August 31 last year.

She also pleaded guilty to attempting to remove £1.9m in criminal cash from the country on the day she was arrested.

This meant she admitted more than £5m worth of money laundering offences.

Tara Hanlon from was caught trying to smuggle £1.9 million of cash through Heathrow to Dubai (Ben Lack/YappApp)

Hanlon had reportedly had surgery to look like Kim Kardashian (FameFlynet)

Prosecutor Nathan Rasiah said the charges related to three trips Hanlon successfully made and one failed attempt on October 3, 2020, when she was arrested.

Glam Hanlon, who wore a powder blue jacket over a white top, during her appearance via video-link, has undergone surgery to look like her idol Kim Kardashian, according to her gran.

Hanlon, who wore a powder blue jacket over a white top, during her appearance via video-link, has undergone surgery to look like her idol Kim Kardashian, according to her gran (PA)

Hanlon was granted bail with the case adjourned by Judge Giles Curtis-Raleigh (PA)

Maureen Downs told Mail Online prior to her granddaughter's guilty pleas that Hanlon had a "heart of gold" and had "never been in trouble".

She said: "'I know my granddaughter and she would never do anything like what she is accused of. She has a heart of gold.

She is a lovely girl and she had never, ever been in in trouble. I want to know if somebody switched her bags. I can't see her having the confidence to go through an airport like that."

Hanlon was granted bail with the case adjourned by Judge Giles Curtis-Raleigh.

She will return for sentencing on July 26 and has been warned to expect a spell behind bars.

The judge told her: “Obviously, it will be a prison sentence. You must be ready for that – bring a bag."