Wildlife manager finds $1.2 million in cocaine at Cape Canaveral beach

A Florida wildlife manager searching for sea turtles at the beach made one “shell” of a discovery instead — $1.2 million in cocaine that washed ashore, authorities said.

Angy Chambers, of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, was surveying the beach on May 19 when she stumbled upon a small plastic package that was tightly bound with tape, US Space Force officials said Friday.

“I immediately contacted the 45th Security Forces Squadron,” said Chambers, a 45th Civil Engineer Squadron wildlife manager who was searching for sea turtle nests at the time.

A Brevard County Sheriff’s Office narcotics agent responded to the beach and performed a field test on the 24 packages weighing nearly 30 kilograms — roughly 66 pounds — and verified they were crammed with cocaine, Space Force authorities said.

The origin of the shipment is under investigation, but Department of Homeland Security officials said maritime drug traffickers often send controlled substances in bales consisting of 25 “bricks” — or kilogram packages.

At: https://nypost.com/2021/06/14/cocaine-worth-nearly-1-2-million-found-on-florida-beach/

The 24 bricks of cocaine found recently on Cape Canaveral beach - 66 pounds with an estimated street value of $1.2 million.

Despite a five-decade "war on drugs," cocaine imports from Colombia have soared to an estimated 1,000+ tons annually.