More than $1 million worth of cocaine washed up on Florida’s coast as Hurricane Debbie hit the state, bringing heavy rains and flooding.
Samuel Briggs II, acting chief patrol officer for the U.S. Border Patrol in Miami, revealed in X’s post that “25 boxes of cocaine,” or about 70 pounds worth of cocaine, had been blown onto a beach in the Florida Keys.
“Hurricane Debby blew 25 boxes of cocaine (70 pounds) onto a beach in the Florida Keys,” Briggs said. I have written In a post on Monday, he said: “A good Samaritan discovered the drugs and contacted authorities. U.S. Border Patrol seized the drugs, which have a street value of over $1 million.”
Hurricane Debbie blew 25 boxes (70 pounds) of cocaine onto a beach in the Florida Keys. A good Samaritan discovered the drugs and contacted authorities. U.S. Border Patrol seized the drugs with a street value of more than $1 million.#hurricane #Debbie #Florida #FloridaKeys pic.twitter.com/nsjKu6qm8V
— Samuel Briggs II (@USBPChiefMIP) August 5, 2024
Five people died after Hurricane Debbie made landfall in Florida on Monday. report Dangerously strong winds, torrential rains and flooding have left more than 1,000 people dead, according to the Associated Press.
In a post by X, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) report Tropical Storm Debby was “centered” near the Florida-Georgia border around 5 p.m.
5:00 PM EDT: Tropical Depression #Debbie The storm, centered near the Florida-Georgia border, is expected to cause some of the worst flooding on record in parts of the southeastern U.S. over the next few days. Read more: https://t.co/tW4KeGe9uJ pic.twitter.com/bhmOjb61f3
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 5, 2024
CNN report Debby will hit Florida as a hurricane and then be classified as a tropical storm while “continuing to dump record amounts of rain and cause devastating flooding.”
