Hurricane Dorian pushed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cocaine onto the beaches of Florida.
The first cocaine bricks, about 15 kilos worth in a red duffle bag, showed up over the weekend on Cocoa Beach. The cocaine was discovered by a beachgoer, who contacted the police. The find was reportedly worth roughly $300,000.
Another brick of cocaine washed up in Melbourne on Tuesday. The two sites are roughly 14 miles apart.
“There is a possibility that more will come onshore. Especially now with these conditions. It could be coming from anywhere,” Manny Hernandez, a spokesman for the Cocoa Beach Police Department, told USA Today.
Hernandez warned that handling the cocaine could lead to an accidental overdose if the drug is absorbed through pores.
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