29-year-old Malaysian woman has been charged with importing heroin into Australia

29-year-old Malaysian woman has been charged with importing heroin into Australia by concealing it within buttons.Customs and Border Protection officers stopped the woman at Perth International Airport on Tuesday.Officers became suspicious the woman may have been concealing drugs in her suitcase.They broke open a button from an item of clothing and found white powder, which was confirmed to be heroin.Police say the woman hid half a kilogram of the drug inside 574 buttons which were sewed onto dresses.The maximum penalty for importing this quantity of drugs is 25 year in jail or a $550,000 fine.