About a half-million dollars of cocaine was found washed up on the beach in Walton County on June 29.
“The packages were found by a woman who was walking with her family near Whale’s Tale in Miramar Beach,” Corey Dobridnia, public information officer with the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, said in an email.
The 25 bricks, marked with Yosemite Sam, were confiscated and logged into evidence at the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.
“The total weight of the drugs was around 70 pounds,” Dobridnia said.
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office posted on its Facebook page on Sunday, “While enjoying our beautiful beaches, if you come across any square groupers, please call us immediately and do not touch suspicious packages. The contents could be extremely harmful.”
This article originally appeared on The Destin Log: ‘Square groupers’? About a half million dollars in cocaine found on Walton County beach
Reporting by Tina Harbuck, The Destin Log / The Destin Log
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