More than $1.6 million worth of cocaine washed up on Florida beaches during Hurricane Debby, authorities say | CNN
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Hurricane Debby left behind not only a trail of deadly destruction in the Southeast last week but also more than 100 pounds of narcotics that were discovered along Florida’s shores, authorities say.

Hurricane Debby left behind not only a trail of deadly destruction in the Southeast last week but also more than 100 pounds of narcotics, discovered along Florida’s shores, authorities said.

On August 4, 25 packages of cocaine were found on a beach in Islamorada, a village in the Florida Keys about 80 miles from Key West, according to a social media post from the US Customs and Border Patrol in Miami.

A good Samaritan alerted authorities after coming across the packages, which weighed about 70 pounds and contained cocaine with an estimated street value of more than $1 million, the agency said.

Samuel Briggs, the acting chief patrol agent of the US Border Patrol’s Miami sector, shared a photo on X, showing the large quantity of seized drugs.

  • TexasDrunk@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I can’t believe that $800k of cocaine washed up on that beach! I swear if I had found that $400k of cocaine I would have also turned it in. What else would I do with it? Sell all $200k worth of cocaine that was found?