Mexican beauty queen Laura Elena Zuniga Huizar was arrested on Monday along with seven well known members of the Juarez Cartel in a truck filled guns and ammunition, police said on Tuesday.

Vehicles contained assault rifles, handguns, cartridges and $50,000 in cash, police say.

23-year-old model was arrested shortly before midnight Monday at a military checkpoint in Zapopan, just outside the colonial city of Guadalajara, said Jalisco state police director, Francisco Alejandro Solorio.

The eight will face weapons charges and a probe by a federal organized crime unit, Mexican authorities say.

Her boyfriend, Angel Orlando Garcia Urquiza is said to be the top operator for Carrillo Fuentes smuggling organization based in Ciudad Juarez, near El Paso.