Amman - A Peruvian woman has been sentenced to seven and a half years in jail by Jordan's State Security Court on charges of drug trafficking, the daily Alarab Alyawm reported Wednesday.

The woman, identified as Sylvia Rondad, 35, was found guilty of hiding 143 capsules of cocaine in her stomach during a flight from Madrid to Amman at the end of November, when she was arrested upon landing by narcotics agents.

Rondad told the Jordanian authorities that she was offered 3,000 dollars by people she identified as Maria and Carlos to smuggle the drugs.

The tribunal initially sentenced Rondad to 15 years in jail, but decided to reduce the verdict after she appealed for mercy, the paper said.

It was the second sentence to be passed by the Jordanian court against drug smugglers from Latin American countries in five weeks.

The State Security Court last month issued similar sentences against two Argentine girls for trying to smuggle drugs to Jordan.

Also last week, the Jordanian authorities foiled an attempt by a Bolivian man to smuggle 5 kilograms of cocaine hidden in his bag, the paper reported. (dpa)