India, June 13 -- A Kerala-based banker and beauty pageant participant accused of attempting to smuggle hydroponic weed worth Rs.11.82 crore into India has approached a special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act court for bail, her lawyer said. Her defence contends that she had unknowingly carried the bag after being persuaded by a person she met during a trip to Bangkok, her lawyer said.

Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Mumbai Customs arrested Harsha Sunny, 28, after allegedly recovering 11.824kg of the contraband from her checked-in baggage at Mumbai airport after she arrived from Bangkok on a Thai Airways flight.

According to Customs, Sunny was intercepted after she was flagged through Advance Passenger Information S...