Authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport go through the luggage of Yasmin Fernandes Silva (center), a 20-year-old Brazilian who was caught on Saturday at Terminal 3 with 6.2 kilograms of the illegal drug cocaine. Raoul Esperas, ABS-CBN News

MANILA – Anti-drug operatives arrested a Brazilian woman at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on Saturday for allegedly carrying cocaine in her luggage.

According to the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (IADITG), they found a black pillow containing 6.2 kilograms of cocaine in the woman's checked-in baggage.

The suspect, who was identified as Yasmin Silva , initially came from Sao Paolo, Brazil, and arrived in Manila on a flight from Dubai at 4:20 p.m., the IADITG said.

Silva was flagged by immigration officials upon her arrival, initial reports said, and was tailed by anti-drug operatives until she picked up her luggage.

In recent weeks, a Filipino student, a Russian, and two Chinese were arrested in NAIA for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine and methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu, into the country.