Couple finds duffel bag full of cocaine in Florida Keys
07/29/2020 11:33 am PDT
By Peter Burke, WPTV
MARATHON, Fla. (WPTV) -- A couple found a duffel bag filled with cocaine Saturday afternoon on Grassy Key.
Monroe County Sheriff's Office spokesman Adam Linhardt said the discovery was made on Morton Street, about a mile offshore from Florida Bay, shortly before 1 p.m. Linhardt said 20 bricks of cocaine were found inside the black duffel bag.
The U.S. Border Patrol was called and took possession of the drugs, about 25 kilograms valued at more than $884,000.
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