Newy beachgoers urged to hand in bricks of cocaine washing up on shores

Police are warning the public after packages, suspected to be cocaine, washed up on NSW beaches. (HANDOUT/NSW POLICE)

Bricks of cocaine covered in barnacles are washing up along the beaches of NSW, and police are urging anyone who finds another to contact them.

Officers were called to Magenta on the state's Central Coast on Friday after a member of the public found a barnacle-covered item on the beach.