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Huge cocaine stash worth more than £1m stumbled upon by snorkeller off US coast

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06.03.2021 - 01:29

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drugs while swimming in the Florida Keys, accidentally finding 68lbs of cocaine.The Monroe County Sheriff's Office said they had been in the water near Craig Key when they noticed a large black bundle wrapped in tape floating around.The illicit drugs were then handed over to the US Border Patrol, which turned out to be a bag containing 25 bricks of cocaine.They were valued at a whopping $1.5million (£1.08million).

A tweet from Chief Patrol Agent Thomas G. Martin said: "On Wednesday, a Good Samaritan discovered 68lbs of cocaine valued at over 1.5 million dollars floating in the #FloridaKeys."The individual noticed a large black bundle wrapped in tape & contacted local authorities.

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