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Posted 12:38 PM, September 4, 2019, by CNN Wire
Weird things wash up on beaches all the time.
It happened again Tuesday morning, when a package containing a kilogram of cocaine washed ashore near Floridas Paradise Beach Park just as Hurricane Dorian began impacting the states east coast, local officials said.
A beachgoer found the drugs, pointing out a suspicious package to a patrol officer monitoring the beach, Melbourne city spokeswoman Cheryl Mall told CNN. The officer took the package into custody, and the contents were tested, confirming the cocaine.
The package isnt the only recent ground score along Floridas sands. A beachgoer Friday at Cocoa Beach, less than 20 miles away, found a duffel bag filled with 15 bricks, or kilograms, of cocaine, Cocoa Beach police Sgt. Manny Hernandez told CNN.
Just one brick of cocaine can sell for upwards of $30,000 on the street, he said.
https://ktla.com/2019/09/04/hurricane-dorian-washes-up-16-bricks-of-cocaine-on-florida-beaches/
Weather Channel video:
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/video/hurricane-dorian-washes-bricks-of-cocaine-ashore-in-florida
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(6,034 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Pretty good assumption it was a boat carrying the stuff.