Police in western Newfoundland found drugs tucked into an icon of the local diet during a recent bust.

A salt beef bucket was found filled with marijuana when Corner Brook's RCMP-RNC joint forces drug section used a search warrant to search a home in York Harbour on Thursday.

Police said the marijuana - about five pounds, or 2.3 kilograms - was enough to produce more than 6,800 joints.

A York Harbour woman, 44, and a John's Beach man, 38, are facing drug-related charges.

Police said they also seized unspecified items related to drug trafficking.