Street Value Totals More Than $1M CombinedFLORIDANA BEACH, Fla. -- About $600,000 worth of cocaine washed up on a Central Florida beach Tuesday hours after nearly $500,000 worth of cocaine washed up in South Florida.
Florida. Cocaine magnet.
Tuesday, Lena McAneney and her friend found a box stuffed with 20 packages of cocaine on Floridana Beach.
"Oh, look, a box! Lessee wot Gaia has given us today!"
"It's Florida, Lena, it's bound to be sumthin' bad."
McAneney said she immediately called the police.
Yah Shure.
"It's scary -- there's people looking for it," she said. "People die for stuff like this."
Um, yeah... okay, so you called the cops. And the reporter gave your full name. Prolly has yer address laying on the desk. The one on the left as you enter the newsroom on the 2nd floor. By the water cooler.
Brevard County Sheriff's Office spokesman Andrew Walters confirmed the discovery. Authorities estimated the drug's weight at 27 kilos and its street value at $600,000, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.
"Yep. Them ladies looked a little winded, not that I think they tried hauling it off before decidin' to call us or nuthin'."
Earlier Tuesday on a Hollywood beach, 37 kilos of cocaine were wrapped tightly in cellophane and had likely been at sea for a month before washing ashore, said Capt. Tony Rode, a Hollywood police spokesman.
Figured the currents and tides wrong, mebbe? They should hire Pappy, lol.
Rode said drugs are usually dumped into the ocean when people are being chased by the Coast Guard.
Really? Heh.
Police are investigating both incidents.
Most of it will end up at the Big Burn.