A MAILBOAT employee has been arrested after he was found in possession of a large amount of drugs at Potter's Cay Dock on Friday night.

Police report that officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit discovered a box on a mailboat moored at Potter's Cay around 7.30pm in which they found several taped packages containing 25 pounds of marijuana.

An adult male MailBoat employee was taken into custody in connection with this discovery.