The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested a South African woman identified as Khanyisile Promise Khalishwayo from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai on Thursday and recovered 2.96-kg of heroin worth Rs 9 crore from her possession.

Khanyisile was travelling from Johannesburg to Mumbai via Doha by Qatar Airways. The team of NCB Mumbai Zonal Unit also seized 10,000 South African Rand from the woman.