KEY WEST, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard worked with Border Patrol agents in Florida to fish a lot of drugs out of the water.
A boater spotted what turned out to be 69 pounds of cocaine floating in the water off Islamorada in the Upper Keys, the Miami Herald reported.
The U.S. Border Patrol tweeted a picture of the drugs, which have an estimated street value of more than $1 million.
Over the weekend, a Good Samaritan discovered over 1 million dollars in cocaine floating at sea near the Florida Keys. The package contained nearly 69 lbs. of cocaine. #BorderPatrol agents with support from @USCGSoutheast recovered the drugs.
— Chief Patrol Agent Thomas G. Martin (@USBPChiefMIP) December 6, 2021
#breakingnews #breaking #monday pic.twitter.com/cC7EKa9lDx
©2021 Cox Media Group
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/POUP6PICARG6VAHN44FO7OWGKE.PNG)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/N7ZXKD5CWZF65KPHRLROJH3WDM.PNG)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/LVO2IIZNTJDGLEPD7JKH4JDCX4.png)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/PKLHYIKJTZBVDHNSOF2J6MRJXM.jpeg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/Y7WCEYBRQNHP5MUJK5VR7JLRXQ.png)