Forbes StaffDuring Hurricane Debby in Florida, 25 packages of cocaine (70 lbs) were washed up onto a beach in the Florida Keys.
Several packets of drugs, specifically cocaine worth over $1 million, weighing around 70 lbs, were discovered by a Good Samaritan, who informed the authorities about the same. On Monday, Hurricane Debby landed in Florida, bringing along with it high winds and pouring rain and 25 tightly wrapped packages of cocaine worth more than $1 million.
Hurricane Debby blew 25 packages of cocaine.
Hurricane Debby, as it reached Florida, along with the torrential winds and rains, blew 25 packages of cocaine worth more than $1 million onto a beach in the Florida Keys, as per US Border Patrol acting chief patrol Agent Samuel Briggs II, who informed about the same on X. However, loads of drugs were discovered by a Good Samaritan, who told the authorities about the same.
The effect of Hurricane Debby in Florida.
In addition to bringing cocaine, the hurricane killed one person, knocked out power for hundreds and thousands of people, and even produced life-threatening storms and disastrous flooding.
The Florida Keys is a string of islands stretching off the state’s southern tip. It is located close to several Caribbean countries and serves as a transit hub for cocaine trafficked from South America to Europe and North America, including Florida.
