$ 4 Million of Cocaine Washes Ashore Florida Beach
There’s a pretty good chance you’ll stumble across a sea turtle nest while walking on a Florida beach. But $ 4 Million of cocaine? Someone walking out on Amelia Island beach hoping to spot some sea turtle nests, found something else. Instead, they came upon 70 pounds of cocaine wrapped in plastic with an eagle emblem.
According to News4Jax, this stash, 32 kilos in total, is worth around a cool million in wholesale. But if you break it down for the streets, it’s over $4 million of cocaine. That’s some serious cash someone just let float ashore.
When people heard about this, they were blown away. Some just couldn’t wrap their head around it like, “What’s all this coke doing here?” Another tourist hunting for shark teeth, joked that their finds weren’t anywhere near as valuable as bricks of coke.
$4 Million of Cocaine Surprise:
Sure, finding drugs washed up on South Florida shores is not really anything new. Just a few days back, a video showed the US Border Patrol pulling 29 kilos of cocaine from the waters near the Florida Keys. The same eagle logo on those bricks too. Another boater down there found 65 pounds of coke floating around. But Amelia Island is way up in Northeast Florida, making this pretty rare.
Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said it’s not something they see often. He recalled lots of weed washing up years ago, but $ 4 million of cocaine? That’s new territory for them.
The big question is, how did it end up here? Authorities think it got tossed overboard from a boat. I mean, if the Coast Guard is closing in, and whoever had the stash might be freaking out so they ditched it to avoid getting caught. Then, either Nemo finds it or the ocean currents do their thing and bring it to shore.
The next time you’re on the beach, keep your eyes peeled. You might find more than just shells and shark teeth. But, if you do stumble upon a suspicious package containing $ 4 million of cocaine, maybe call the cops before you start dreaming of becoming the next Scarface.