POLICE allege a Mount Direction woman had $110,000 worth of methylamphetamine concealed in a body cavity when she was searched at Launceston Airport on Friday.
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The 33-year-old woman was arrested and charged with trafficking after being stopped by a drug detector dog when she disembarked a flight from Melbourne at 6pm.
Police say she was carrying about 112 grams of the drug ice in a body cavity.
The woman was not known to police, but investigations are continuing into others who may have been involved.
She was bailed to appear at the Launceston Court of Petty Sessions on June 10.
Police were at the Launceston Airport as part of their standard operating procedures when the woman was caught.
Detective Inspector John King said the amount of methylamphetamine found would have had a large impact on the market if it had made it to the streets.
"We're committed to interrupting the supply of all drugs into Tasmania and this is a really good example of where our standard operating procedures are doing that," Detective Inspector King said.
"Our information flow and seizures do indicate an increase of the product in our society and that is replicated in mainland Australia.
"We've had some seizures from all our transport hubs and the postal services throughout Tasmania and screening of all those locations is a standard operating procedure for us, it has been in the past and will be in the future."
The arrest came just two days after Tasmania Police charged two men from Rokeby with trafficking in a controlled substance after a search of two private residences recovered about $155,000 worth of ice.