Florida Keys

Boaters find $1.4M worth of cocaine and hashish in Florida Keys

The drugs have an estimated street value of approximately $1.4 million, Chief Patrol Agent Walter Slosar said

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Around 150 pounds of drugs have been found by boaters in the Florida Keys in the past week, authorities said.

Around 150 pounds of drugs have been found by boaters in the Florida Keys in the past week, authorities said.

The recreational boaters discovered 87 pounds of hashish and 62 pounds of cocaine, U.S. Border Patrol officials said Wednesday.

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The drugs have an estimated street value of approximately $1.4 million, Chief Patrol Agent Walter Slosar said.

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Slosar said the drugs were seized by Border Patrol.

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