Barnacle-Covered BLOW! Boaters Stumble Upon $625,000 in Cocaine Off Florida Coast!
A shocking discovery in Florida as boaters reel in 56 pounds of barnacle-encrusted cocaine worth $625K! š #News #EvergladesCityFL #Florida #Crime
EVERGLADES CITY, FL – Boaters found 56 pounds of cocaine floating off the coast of Florida, and authorities say the packages were encrusted with barnacles, indicating they had been in the Gulf of Mexico for quite some time.
The Collier County Sheriff’s Office said the cocaine was found floating in mangroves off Panther Key near the Port of the Islands resort, southeast of Naples, on Monday.
The package contained 25 individually wrapped kilograms of cocaine, worth an estimated $625,000.
āWe appreciate the help of Good Samaritans in our community who saw something unusual and contacted law enforcement,ā Sheriff Kevin Rambosk said in a statement.
Investigators believe the cocaine, which was covered in barnacles, had been in the water for “a while” before recent storms pushed it toward the shore.
The sheriff’s office said detectives with its Vice and Narcotics Bureau are investigating the origins of the cocaine.
Several large bundles of packaged cocaine have been found washed up on beaches or floating just offshore Florida just this year, from as far south as the Florida Keys to as far north as Amelia Island, north of Jacksonville near the Georgia border.
Written by TMX staff, with additional reporting by Jack and Kitty Norton.
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