UPDATED: 70 Pounds of Cocaine Allegedly Found in Flight Attendant's Carry-On Luggage at LAX

Updated at 2:15 p.m. March 21, 2016

LOS ANGELES, CA - A search was continuing Monday for a JetBlue Airways flight attendant who ran from authorities when 70 pounds of cocaine were found in her carry-on bag at the Los Angeles International Airport, according to federal authorities.

"We have her identified. We know who she is and we're looking for her," said Tim Massino, a public information with the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.

Massino did not disclose the woman's name or release a description.

The discovery was made Friday afternoon in Terminal Four by a Transportation Security Administration security officer, who was screening the airline attendant's carry-on bag, according to a TSA official.

NBC News reported that the flight attendant -- realizing her bags were about to be inspected -- fled the screening area and even ran off barefooted, leaving her Gucci shoes behind.

--City News Service, photo via Shutterstock