A South African woman was arrested at Bangkok's international airport after police said they found 1.5 kilograms of cocaine hidden in her dreadlocks, a news report said Tuesday.
Nobanda Nolubabalo, 23, was searched Monday when police said they noticed a white substance in her hair shortly after she stepped off a Qatar Airways flight that originated in San Paulo and flew through Qatar to Suvarnabhumi Airport, the Bangkok Post said.
The search uncovered 1.5 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of 4.5 million baht (150,00 dollars) hidden in her dreadlocks, authorities said.
Police said the suspect admitted smuggling the drug and said she had been hired for 60,000 baht to deliver it to a customer at a hotel in Bangkok.
SA woman accused of hiding coke in dreadlocks
A South African woman was arrested at Bangkok's international airport after police said they found 1.5 kilograms of cocaine hidden in her dreadlocks, a news report said Tuesday.
Nobanda Nolubabalo, 23, was searched Monday when police said they noticed a white substance in her hair shortly after she stepped off a Qatar Airways flight that originated in San Paulo and flew through Qatar to Suvarnabhumi Airport, the Bangkok Post said.
The search uncovered 1.5 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of 4.5 million baht (150,00 dollars) hidden in her dreadlocks, authorities said.
Police said the suspect admitted smuggling the drug and said she had been hired for 60,000 baht to deliver it to a customer at a hotel in Bangkok.
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