Overview
- Security staff flagged the checked bag at Cochin International Airport’s Domestic Terminal around 6 p.m. on Monday during routine screening.
- A physical check at Level 4 uncovered two packets concealed beneath a false bottom in the suitcase.
- Customs identified the substance as methaqualone weighing about 3.98 kg, with an estimated value of roughly ₹2 crore.
- The passenger had arrived from Doha and was booked to continue to Delhi on Air India flight AI 1828.
- A case has been registered, the woman remains in Customs custody, and she is scheduled to be produced in court as investigations pursue the source and intended destination of the consignment.