A boater found 65 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $1 million floating in the Florida Keys, the U.S. Border Patrol said.
The packages, which feature images of a bald eagle on the front, were found around noon Saturday when “mariners on a private vessel located a package containing approximately 21 individually wrapped pounds of suspected cocaine,” the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post message. .
The discovery was made about seven miles outside of Islamorada, the sheriff’s office said.
The drugs will be seized by Border Patrol agents, Acting Chief Patrol Agent Samuel Briggs II said in a post on X, adding that he appreciates the support of good Samaritans who turned in the drugs.
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