A 23-year-old woman was remanded for eight days on Wednesday after more than a half a kilogram of cocaine was seized at Larnaca airport on Tuesday.

She is believed to have swallowed additional packages, police said on Wednesday.

The woman, arriving from abroad, was stopped for a security check on arrival at around noon.

Nine egg-shaped nylon packets containing a total of 88g of cocaine were found inside her bra, while another package weighing 452g was hidden in her underwear.

She was taken to hospital for an X-ray examination, which revealed further packages inside her body. She was detained there and given appropriate medication to help expel the packages.

The operation was part of a joint effort between the police and customs to intercept drug smuggling through Cyprus airports.

Investigations are ongoing.