Hurricane Debby washed ashore $1 million worth of cocaine onto Florida beaches

In the aftermath of Hurricane Debby earlier this month, more than 100 pounds of cocaine worth $1 million washed up on a beach in the Florida Keys.

The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in Miami reported that the storm blew ashore 25 packages of cocaine totaling up to 70 pounds onto a beach in the Florida Keys. According to the law enforcement agency, a good Samaritan alerted authorities after coming across the packages.

In a post on X, Samuel Briggs, the acting chief patrol agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Miami division, wrote that authorities confiscated the packages of drugs — which have an estimated value of more than $1 million

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