Customs officers discovered 82 bunches of the chewable leaf, which is illegal in Norway, weighing a total of just under eight kilograms.

The woman was also carrying 128,000 kroner ($15,000) and 81 grams of gold, reports NRK.

The money is suspected to be the result of criminal activity, and the gold suspected to have been smuggled into Norway, customs reported Monday.

Bundles of khat similar to those found by the customs officers. Photo: Wikimedia commons

“First we discovered that she was carrying 82 bunches with nearly eight kilos of khat,” section leader Sven-Øystein Ferstad of Sandefjord Customs told newspaper Ostlands-Posten.

Closer investigation then showed up the money and gold, reports the newspaper.

The woman had disembarked the ferry and gone into the ferry terminal when she was stopped by customs.

“It was good customs intuition that enabled us to catch her, and officers were able to spot her in part because of her body language,” Ferstad told Ostlands-Posten.

Police have been informed and are now investigating the woman, reports the broadcaster.