NZ woman on cocaine charge in Australia

A New Zealand woman charged with attempting to import cocaine into Australia will be sentenced in May.

Amanda Mason, 34, appeared in Sydney District Court on Friday charged with attempting to import almost 100 pellets of cocaine.

Police allege some of the pellets were concealed internally in Mason's body, while others were in her packed underwear.

Mason, formerly of Auckland, was arrested at Sydney International Airport on January 15 shortly after arriving on a flight from Bangkok.

She faces a prison term of 25 years when she appears again on May 25.

- NZPA