JOHANNESBURG – A South African woman has been arrested in Bangkok after trying to smuggle two kilograms of crystal methamphetamine into Thailand on Wednesday.

She was charged with drug trafficking, a charge which carries the death sentence.

Narcotics police said Adelina Ononiwu was flying from Kenya to Cambodia, through Bangkok.

Officers found the drugs hidden in a secret compartment in her luggage.

The drugs have an estimated street value of R650,000.

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