Beachgoer finds kilo of cocaine on Florida Keys beach, Monroe sheriff’s office says
A beachgoer found a kilogram of cocaine washed up on the shore of a Florida Keys resort Saturday afternoon, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
The contraband, wrapped in plastic marked with a cross and shield, was found around 2 p.m. at Hawk’s Cay Resort on Duck Key in the Middle Keys, said sheriff’s office spokesman Adam Linhardt.
As is policy, the sheriff’s office turned the brick over to the U.S. Border Patrol, Linhardt said.
Finding drug shipments onshore or at sea in the Florida Keys is a fairly common occurrence, with the island chain along the route smugglers use to bring mostly cocaine and marijuana into the United States.
Over the summer, there were at least five separate instances where large loads were found either offshore or washed up on land in the Keys.
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