55 pounds of narcotics marked with “XXX” decals found floating off Key West

Authorities in South Florida recovered a big bale of narcotics over the weekend, after receiving a report that packages marked “XXX” could possibly be seen floating off the coast of Key West on Saturday. 

Key West police responded to the report alongside with officers from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. As the unnamed one who referred to as within the tip had described, officers found a stash of bricks wrapped in plastic and marked with decals about 50 miles from shore in Key West’s Coconut Mallory Marina. 

The bale contained 25 rectangular bricks, in response to the county sheriff. Photos revealed on the workplace’s (*55*) web page with its latest news launch saying the drug seizure confirmed the bricks uniformly packaged and organized in a pile. Each bore a black-and-white “XXX” sticker.

Officials estimated that the bricks collectively weighed round 55 pounds. The sheriff’s workplace stated they had been submitted to the workplace’s property and proof division, and would in the end be turned over to federal authorities.

The sheriff’s news launch solely referred to the medication found in Key West as narcotics, however a report by CBS Miami famous that they had been suspected to be cocaine. The Monroe Sheriff’s Office seized packages containing 74 pounds of cocaine in 2020, after a fisherman reported observing them floating within the ocean about 15 miles from shore, in response to CBS Miami.