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Mon Jun 10, 2024, 04:20 PM Jun 2024

Cocaine worth about $450,000 washes up on Alabama shore

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/10/cocaine-alabama-beach

Cocaine worth about $450,000 washes up on Alabama shore

Police investigating after packages worth nearly 55lb (25kg) discovered on Dauphin Island, south of Mobile

Erum Salam
Mon 10 Jun 2024 15.34 EDT

Nearly 55lb (25kg) of what appears to be cocaine recently washed up on the shores of Alabama, local police said.

The police department in the community of Dauphin Island made the discovery, saying the recovered amount was worth about $450,000. Officers then contacted the Mobile county sheriff’s office, which also has jurisdiction in the area and is investigating the situation.

Images released by police show 25 packages of what they said appeared to be cocaine, with a picture of a percentage sign on the front.

The apparent cocaine washed up just one day after scuba divers trying to remove trash found the same quantity of the drug 100ft under water in Key West, Florida.

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Cocaine worth about $450,000 washes up on Alabama shore (Original Post) sl8 Jun 2024 OP
Cocaine worth $600,000 washes up - $450,000 of it was turned over to police... Probatim Jun 2024 #1
Gee. Is there a subtraction problem? 3Hotdogs Jun 2024 #2
Reno 911 - "I love being a cop." Probatim Jun 2024 #4
It was many moons ago, friend was living on the Florida gulf coast. 3Hotdogs Jun 2024 #3

Probatim

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4. Reno 911 - "I love being a cop."
Mon Jun 10, 2024, 05:41 PM
Jun 2024

The scene where they take 200 pounds of confiscated marijuana to the desert and burn it while partying...

3Hotdogs

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3. It was many moons ago, friend was living on the Florida gulf coast.
Mon Jun 10, 2024, 05:26 PM
Jun 2024

A wrapped, large plastic bundle had washed ashore. She opened it and guess what? It was marijuana.


She kept some and gave most to friends. The party lasted for months.

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