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Diver looking for lobster in the Florida Keys instead finds kilo of cocaine: deputies

A package of cocaine with a label that says ‘Bunny’ is displayed on a picnic table Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said a diver taking part in the annual two-day lobster miniseason found the drugs in the ocean.
A package of cocaine with a label that says ‘Bunny’ is displayed on a picnic table Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said a diver taking part in the annual two-day lobster miniseason found the drugs in the ocean. Monroe County Sheriff's Office

A diver taking part in the annual two-day lobster miniseason hunt found a package of cocaine floating in the water Wednesday afternoon, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.

The diver was in the ocean off Tavernier, in the Upper Keys, around 2:15 p.m. when he found the package, Adam Linhardt, sheriff’s office spokesman said. It appeared to be about a kilogram of cocaine.

The photo released by the sheriff’s office shows the cocaine wrapped and labeled “Bunny.”

Linhardt said the sheriff’s office turned over the contraband to the U.S. Border Patrol.

David Goodhue
Miami Herald
David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. 
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