Boater Finds $640K Worth of Cocaine Floating in the Florida Keys

A large bundle of cocaine worth hundreds of thousands of dollars was found floating in the Florida Keys, authorities said.

A boater found the bundle floating near Islamorada on Tuesday and contacted authorities, U.S. Border Patrol officials said.

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Inside the bundle were 16 bricks of cocaine weighing about 41 pounds, officials said.

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The approximate street value of the cocaine is $640,000, officials said.

The drugs were turned over to Border Patrol custody.