GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Police have detained one person and are searching for another after seizing more than 175 pounds of cocaine in a large container of fish and shrimp at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

The Police Narcotics Branch on Tuesday evening carried out the raid at the airport just as the drugs were being processed through a local air cargo service for shipment to the United States.

The Guyana-based

New Source online publication said that several long pellet-like shaped packets of cocaine were discovered in a number of the frozen fish. It said the packets were tightly wrapped in white tape and plastic and placed just above the backbone of the fish.

Police have not released the name of the man detained. He was arrested at the airport as he overlooked the preparation of the drug cargo for shipment.

Two months ago, law enforcement authorities arrested three people after seizing a shipment of cocaine and frozen fish at the airport.

The three are now before the courts on charges related to the 40 pounds of cocaine that had been seized.