Updated On: 27 January, 2026 07:21 PM IST | Kochi | PTI
Officers discovered a secret "false bottom" hidden under the lining of the woman`s suitcase. Tucked away inside this hidden space were two packets of a banned drug called Methaqualone which weighed nearly four kg and are estimated to be worth about Rs two crore.
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Togolese woman held with four kg Methaqualone at Cochin airport. Representational Pic
Security teams at Cochin International Airport have stopped a major drug smuggling attempt and arrested a foreign national, officials said here on Tuesday.
They said around 6 pm on Monday, alert screeners at the Domestic Terminal noticed something wrong with a suitcase belonging to a woman from Togo. The passenger had just arrived from Doha and was planning to fly to Delhi on an Air India flight.