Boaters Find $1 Million Worth of Cocaine Floating Off Florida Keys

Traffic rolls on the Seven Mile Bridge in Marathon, Fla., on Sept. 19, 2017. Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau via Getty Images

Recreational boaters have discovered 65 pounds of cocaine, with a street value of about $1 million, floating in the Florida Keys, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.

Samuel Briggs II, the acting chief patrol agent of the U.S. Border Patrol, announced the discovery in a post on the social media platform X on June 18.