A MALAYSIAN woman is being held in Vietnam where she was arrested earlier this week at Tan Son Nhat Airport while attempting to smuggle more than 4kg of cocaine into the country, reported The Star.

According to airport authorities, the 28-year-old landed at the airport about 9pm on Monday on a flight from Brazil transiting in Dubai. 

After checking her luggage, Customs officers used an electric drill to take apart the cabin-size case and found two bags of white powder carefully wrapped in nylon and hidden in the lining of her bag, said the report.

A quick test confirmed the powder was cocaine. 

The woman admitted that she was asked by her boyfriend to transport the drugs from Brazil to Vietnam for US$1,200 (RM5,021). 

Drug trafficking is an offence punishable by the death penalty or a life sentence in Vietnam. – November 30, 2018.