Cocaine washes up on Florida beach

Lifeguards and police are keeping an eye on the beaches in Florida after 22 packages of cocaine washed up on shore in Fort Pierce this week.

The cocaine has an estimated street value of $2.2 million, police told local television station WPTV.

On Tuesday morning, two people walking along the beach in Fort Pierce, located 175 km north of Fort
Lauderdale, spotted the suspicious packages and called police.

On Saturday, the coast guard found a bale of cocaine -- about 20 kg -- in the water near Key West, 460 km south of Fort Pierce.

As well, on Sept. 26, 25 packages of cocaine washed up near Port Canaveral, 150 km north of Fort Pierce.

By QMI Agency