Debby apparently isn’t all downer as the topical storm “blew 25 packages of cocaine (70 lbs.) onto a beach in the Florida Keys,” the U.S. Border Patrol in Miami said on social media.
According to Acting Chief Patrol Agent Samuel Briggs II, a “Good Samaritan” discovered the blow and contacted local authorities.
“U.S. Border Patrol seized the drugs, which have a street value of over $1 million dollars,” Briggs said.
There has so far been no word on where the drugs originated.
Debby landed in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane Monday morning. It slowed to a tropical storm as it made its way east, then crawled north bringing heavy rains to much of the East Coast.
At least five Floridians have died in the storm that has so far left 90,000 people in the state without power on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press.
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