The mayor of Tampa, in Florida (USA), found 70 pounds (almost 32 kilos) of cocaine floating in the caribbean sea when he was enjoying a day of fishing with his family.
According to the local press, the Democrat Jane Beaverwho before being mayor was a police officer for 30 years, was sailing near marathonone of the islands of the Florida Keyswhen she and her relatives sighted a black spot that they thought was a school of fish and it turned out to be a plastic bundle with cocaine “bricks” inside.
Plastic bundle containing cocaine ‘bricks’
The events occurred on July 23, but they have now become known because Beaver He recounted in an interview how he “fished” the drug, put it on his boat so that it did not fall into unwanted hands and notified the authorities to go and look for it.
However, the Border Patrol had reported on July 24 a stash of cocaine worth $1.1 million which was discovered by an “anonymous navigator” in the area of marathon.
The cocaine “bricks” were imprinted with the figure of a butterfly as a hallmark.
