Cocaine bricks wash up on Florida beach — yet again
The discovery comes just weeks after authorities said Hurricane Debby blew 25 packages of cocaine onto a beach in the Florida Keys.
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The discovery comes just weeks after authorities said Hurricane Debby blew 25 packages of cocaine onto a beach in the Florida Keys.
In one operation, Mexican authorities seized 5.6 tons of suspected cocaine, marking the largest drug seizure of the current administration.
Florida detectives believe the package of cocaine washed in with the tides due to recent storms.
Customs agents X-rayed a container and found 80 packages hidden inside the container's cooling mechanism, officials said.
The trove of drugs, washed ashore by Hurricane Debby, was found by a good Samaritan, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares enabled cocaine trafficking on a massive scale and used violence, including murder, to protect the drug trade, prosecutors said.
Officials released video showing the detained suspect, who is accused of leading the largest "narco sailboat" organization in the world.
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Thirteen sharks tested for cocaine and benzoylecgonine were found to have the illicit drug in their muscles and livers.
The drug ring would appeal to a witchdoctor "to receive his blessing and for the success of its cocaine transportation," police said.
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President Santiago Peña said the record discovery, code-named "Operation Sweetness," added to a string of "very sad episodes" in Paraguay.
The discovery of $224 million of cocaine marked yet another major seizure of the drugs concealed alongside the tropical fruit.
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Officials said the drugs, which were found in the water about 7 miles off Islamorada, Florida, were handed over to U.S. Border Patrol agents.
Leonard Darnell George allegedly used the money to buy cars and jewelry, and also spent lavishly at a strip club in Tijuana.
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The discovery on Dauphin Island came just one day after divers found 25 kilograms of suspected cocaine off Key West.
Coast Guard officers fired at and sank a speedboat suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, officials said,
The discovery comes just a month after a beachgoer found about $1 million worth of cocaine washed up along the Florida Keys.
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