A 57-year-old Maldivian national was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) after she landed at Cochin airport last week. The NCB had issued a lookout circular against her after her name surfaced in a 3.906-kg opium case, seized from a courier agency last year in December.

The woman identified as Aminath Rasheeda runs a clothing business in the Maldives. The agency, during probe, found that she had been making frequent visits to India and was involved in drug smuggling.