Police in northern New Brunswick will release more information today about what they are calling a significant drug bust.

RCMP say they seized more than 45 pounds of marijuana and hashish cannabis resin in the Bathurst area last Wednesday.

Members of the RCMP, the Beresford/Nigadoo/Petit-Rocher/Pointe-Verte (B.N.P.P) Regional Police Force, the Bathurst Police Force and the Miramichi Police Force will participate in the news conference, which will be held in Bathurst around 1:30 p.m.