ISLAMORADA, Fla. – A fisherman found roughly 60 pounds of what authorities believed is cocaine Saturday morning in a large package that washed up near a dock in Islamorada.
Adam Linhardt, a spokesman for the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, said the fisherman noticed something floating near the dock in the 100 block of East Carroll Street and used a pole and a net to pull it from the water. When the fisherman cut open the plastic-wrapped parcel, he found white powder inside and alerted the U.S. Coast Guard, Linhardt said.
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The parcel contained 25 smaller packages, each wrapped in clear plastic.
Deputies turned the suspected cocaine over to federal authorities.
It's unclear where the package came from.