05 Apr 2023

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Prison wedding: Woman weds drug trafficker imprisoned for 6 years - 'There was no champagne'

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Maya married her boyfriend, rapper 18 Karat, aged 37 in prison.
Maya married her boyfriend, rapper 18 Karat, aged 37 in prison.
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A 29-year-old woman married a rapper who was jailed for more than six years for drug trafficking.

Self-styled rap star Ivo Vieira Silva - known as 18 Karat for his GBP 3 000 solid gold mask (worth about R66 800) - was jailed after the police seized 11 kilogrammes of marijuana and about €19 000 (about R370 000) in cash and ecstasy in raided locations.

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