Border Patrol Agents Find $43,000 Worth of Cocaine Washed Up on Florida Coastline

Packages containing nearly 1,533 pounds of cocaine seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in a tractor-trailer at Colombia-Solidarity Bridge in Laredo, Texas, on Aug. 26, 2022. U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Border Patrol agents in Florida discovered 3 pounds of cocaine that had washed up near the coastline of Cape Canaveral on Thursday.

Officials said they found the drugs, which have an estimated street value of $43,000, inside a water-logged package that had washed up on the shore, Fox News reported. The drugs will now be processed for seizure, officials said.