SA woman smuggles drugs in dreadlocks and she got busted in Bangkok.

A South African woman was arrested at Bangkok's international airport after police said they found 1.5 kilograms of cocaine hidden in her dreadlocks.

Nobanda Nolubabalo, 23, was searched Monday, 12 December, when police noticed a white substance in her hair shortly after she stepped off a Qatar Airways flight.

The flight had just come in from San Paulo and was due to fly through Qatar to Suvarnabhumi Airport.