A 55-year-old woman was on Monday afternoon detained at the Eugene F Correia International Airport  after she was found with a quantity of suspected cocaine.

According to a release from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), Sandra Profitt  of Lot 9, John Fernandes Drive, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown was found with a total of 3.378 kilograms of suspected cocaine.

She was detained with the substance duct-taped to each of her upper thighs.

The woman was sitting in the departure area waiting to board a LIAT flight destined for Barbados when she was intercepted.

She is expected to be placed before the courts this week.