A 30-year-old Zimbabwean woman was arrested in India for allegedly smuggling 2.91kg heroin through Cochin International Airport.

The woman, identified as Sharon Chigwaza was busted with the contraband by the Narcotics Control Bureau on Monday, Yahoo News reports.

Acting on a specific intelligence input, officers of Narcotics Control Bureau Cochin Sub Zonal Unit, seized the 2.91 kgs of heroin from Chigwaza who arrived at the airport from Johannesburg on June 19.

Narcotics Control Bureau officers intercepted Chigwaza who is suspected to be a member of the drug smuggling syndicate active in India.

Upon searching her, they found the contraband concealed in the specially made false bottom of her trolley bag on her arrival, the agency said in a release.