$100K worth of cocaine packages wash up on Florida beaches

Several packages containing more than $100,000 worth of cocaine washed up on several beaches in Florida, authorities announced on Tuesday. 

Authorities said the cocaine appeared on three different beaches in Walton County on Monday and Tuesday. 

A beachgoer found the first package in Miramar Beach on Monday, said Walton County Sheriff’s Office. The drugs were in a Ziploc bag wrapped in clear plastic. They were confiscated by the police and submitted into evidence for destruction. 

Later that day, a beach goer at Gulfview Heights encountered what looked like a cocaine brick and notified the lifeguard near Ed Walline beach access. Police officers responded to the scene and retrieved the package, which was wrapped in a black bio bag. The contents of the bag tested positive for cocaine later on. 

On Tuesday morning, another brick of cocaine was found at Grayton Beach State Park by another beachgoer who notified authorities. The package was collected into evidence to be destroyed.

The packages were labeled and marked with a different design, including one that mimicked the Chanel logo, according to pictures shared by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office on Facebook. 

"It’s not uncommon for Walton County Sheriff’s Office to be called to the beach for suspicious items washed ashore from the Gulf whether it be ordnance, drugs, or otherwise," the agency wrote in the Facebook post.

The Sheriff’s Office VICE and Narcotics Unit and the U.S. Coast Guard are looking into the incident.