A 22-year-old Malaysian woman from Perak was stopped at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on September 4, 2026, according to a report from the Malaysian news agency Bernama.
Customs officers reportedly found about 15 kilograms of cannabis in 30 packages inside her trolley bag. She is said to have flown in from Kuala Lumpur on a Batik Air flight. She is held by Delhi Customs and is to be investigated under India's Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act while she awaits trial.
Malaysia's narcotics crime unit says it will stay in contact with India's Narcotics Control Bureau. The report also says she had a previous drug-related offence under Malaysian law. She is not named, and no conviction has been reported.
Why it matters: She is to be investigated under India's drug law while she awaits trial, and her home country's agencies are following the case.
Source: The Star (Malaysia), credited to Bernama, 2026-09-10. Forgotten Prisoner's account is based on this reporting. An arrest or charge is not proof of guilt.