Cocaine found at Miami airport

Published: Aug. 20, 2009 at 11:46 AM

MIAMI, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Federal agents at Miami International Airport are looking for suspects in an illicit drug shipment.

Agents found 46 kilos (101.4 pounds) of cocaine, worth $3.8 million, aboard a cargo flight that had just landed from Venezuela Tuesday night, police say.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said the cocaine was hidden aboard the plane in two cardboard boxes. The name of the airline wasn't reported.

No arrests have been reported, The Miami Herald said.

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