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Record haul of cocaine found inside plush toys at Sri Lanka airport; woman arrested

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A 38-year-old Thai woman was carrying nearly 10 kilograms of cocaine stuffed into three plush toys.

The cocaine had been neatly stuffed into just over 500 plastic capsules with an estimated street value of $1.72 million .

The seizure follows three other hauls this month totaling nearly 60 kilograms of synthetic cannabis.

Three foreign nationals -- from Britain , India , and Thailand -- were arrested in separate cases.

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