Authorities say 25 kilograms of suspected cocaine was discovered washed up on an Alabama seaside — simply someday after divers found the identical quantity of the medication off the coast of Florida.
The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office stated the cocaine, packaged in particular person bundles, was discovered Thursday on the west aspect of Dauphin Island, CBS affiliate WKRG-TV reported. The 55 kilos of medicine had an estimated road worth of $450,000.
An picture launched by the sheriff’s workplace confirmed 25 packages of the suspected medication, a few of them with a “%” sticker on the entrance.
Mobile County Sheriff’s Office
The sheriff’s workplace stated the Dauphin Island Police Department contacted them after the obvious medication have been noticed on the seaside. Detectives didn’t discover any further packages however are persevering with to observe the realm, WKRG reported.
The discovery got here simply someday after scuba divers exploring the waters off Key West, Florida, discovered 25 kilograms of suspected cocaine. The packages have been positioned about 100 ft underwater within the Atlantic Ocean, officers stated. The stash was turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Also final week, the U.S. Coast Guard stated it offloaded greater than 4,800 kilos of cocaine value over $63 million at a port in Florida after Coast Guard officers fired at and sank a speedboat suspected of smuggling medication within the Caribbean Sea.
Drug traffickers routinely transport cocaine by way of waters within the Gulf Coast and Caribbean Sea and it is not unusual for narcotics to be discovered washed up on or close to U.S. seashores.
Just final month, a beachgoer discovered about $1 million value of cocaine washed up alongside the Florida Keys, CBS Miami reported.
In 2023, packages of cocaine value greater than $100,000 washed up on a number of Florida seashores. Also final 12 months, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, whereas on a fishing journey together with her household, reeled in 70 kilos of cocaine.
In January 2023, practically 150 kilos of packaged cocaine washed up on Big Pine Key, Florida, and in 2019, bricks of cocaine have been found on two seashores after Hurricane Dorian slammed into the Sunshine State.
