Several packages of cocaine, with a street value exceeding $1 million, washed up on a Florida beach after Hurricane Debby made landfall on Monday.
Samuel Briggs, the acting chief patrol agent of the US Border Patrol’s Miami division, shared a photo of the confiscated drugs on X, showing 25 packages – totalling 70 pounds – of cocaine found on a Florida Keys beach. A passerby discovered the drugs and contacted authorities. “US Border Patrol seized the drugs, which have a street value of over $1 million,” Briggs stated.
The storm, which hit north of Steinhatchee, Florida, has since progressed up the eastern seaboard, leaving destruction in its wake.
This unusual confiscation comes as a somewhat humorous postscript to the havoc wrought by Debby, which has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. Despite this, Debby continued to pose a threat on Tuesday, bringing heavy rainfall and gusty winds of 40 to 50 mph to neighboring states.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that Georgia and eastern South Carolina could experience “potentially historic heavy rainfall” through Friday. In response, President Joe Biden approved emergency declarations for Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, allowing the release of federal aid to support recovery efforts.
Debby caused widespread flash flooding, school and road closures and downed power lines. While evacuation orders were lifted in many of the 61 affected counties by Tuesday, nearly 109,000 homes and businesses in Florida remained without power. Additionally, around 50,000 homes and businesses across Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina were still dealing with power outages.
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