By Chisomo Phiri
A 49-year-old South African woman, Funiwe Abigail Nkcosolwana, is in police custody at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe over possession of cocaine.
Nkcosolwana, who previously served a seven-year sentence in Ghana for a similar offense and was released in 2023, was apprehended upon arrival from Brazil.
According to KIA Police spokesperson Dorrah Chathyoka, Nkcosolwana was found with 1.8 kilograms of cocaine in her two handbags.
The drugs were allegedly intended for delivery to a Nigerian national, Chathyoka said.
Nkcosolwana now faces charges of importing dangerous drugs and possession of substances suspected to be dangerous drugs.
