Another drug trafficking scandal has hit the nation as this time an Australian grandmother is charged with drug trafficking allegations. The 51-year-old woman was caught red-handed with methamphetamine in Malaysia.

The woman in question is identified as Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto who hails from South-Western suburb of Sydney. She was caught at Kuala Lumpur's International Airport last week with 1.5 kg of methamphetamine. Exposto was coming from Shanghai and was heading towards Melbourne.

During a stopover inspection in Malaysia, huge quantities of the drug were found with her. The drugs were enclosed safely in a stitched compartment of a backpack she was carrying.

Her lawyers are claiming that neither the bag nor its belongings belonged to Exposto. Sydney Morning Herald has noted that the mother of four is claiming that she is being trapped in this case. She was only asked to carry the soft bag which contained documents for a U.S. army soldier posted in Afghanistan, who is supposedly is her fiancée.

The amount of the drug allegedly seized is estimated to be worth of $93,000. She is currently in police custody at a Kuala Lumpur court till her further hearing on Dec 19. If proved guilty, the Aussie woman has to face the gallows as Malaysian laws are very strict when it comes to drug trafficking. They have a provision of rewarding death penalty by hanging if found someone is found guilty of carrying more than 50 grams of methamphetamines.

This episode throws light on a recent case of another Sydney girl Kalynda Davis who was caught in a similar fashion in China. Davis along with her partner Peter Gardner was caught at Guangzhou International Airport last month when they tried to smuggle 75 kg of methamphetamine drug. As per latest updates from News.com, Davis has returned home to Sydney, but Gardner is still in China under custody.

The relatives and family members are claiming that Exposto is not a drug user nor a dealer. The family has expressed their shock by saying that she did not even know much about illicit drugs.