Nearly $2 million worth of packaged cocaine was found in Florida on Monday and turned over to federal law enforcement.
The two separate incidents occurred on Big Pine Key between approximately 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., according to Monore County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators say that three bundles, each containing ten separate packages of cocaine with a total weight of nearly 75 pounds, were located by a resident near the water on Long Beach Road.
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Twenty-five bundles with a total weight of approximately 70 pounds were found just offshore of Big Pine Key by a good Samaritan.
Readers of The Free Press may recall when 11 pounds of cocaine washed up on a Florida beach in October of 2022.
According to Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar, a Good Samaritan discovered a suspicious package washed-up along the shoreline & contacted local authorities in Daytona Beach.
Authorities say that inside the package contained nearly 11 lbs. of cocaine with a street value of over $150,000.
The drugs were seized by US Border Patrol.
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