India, June 12 -- A 29-year-old employee of a private bank and runner-up in a beauty contest was arrested at the Mumbai airport by Customs on Thursday for allegedly smuggling 11.8 kg of hydroponic weed valued at Rs.11.8 crore into India from Bangkok.

The woman has been identified as Harsha Sunny, who landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) in the early hours of Thursday, an official said, news agency PTI reported.

Sunny arrived in Mumbai from Bangkok on the intervening night of June 10-11 on Air India flight TG-351, India Today reported. She was stopped by the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) and the Customs Department after they became suspicious of her behaviour during routine checking.

When the officials s...