08/06/2024

Hurricane Debby Sends $1 Million Worth of Cocaine onto a Florida Beach

Border patrol agents recovered 25 packages of cocaine

Border patrol agents recovered 25 packages of cocaine blown onto a Florida Keys beach by Hurricane Debby, which was downgraded to a tropical storm Monday.

A beachgoer found the packages at a beach in the archipelago and contacted authorities, according to Samuel Briggs II, acting chief patrol agent for the U.S. Border Patrol's Miami Sector. He shared a photo of the packages each with an identical red V-shaped logo displayed over a black rectangle.

The 70 pounds of the addictive drug had a street value of more than $1 million, Briggs wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Monday.

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