A “bale of cocaine” was found floating in the Gulf of Mexico south of Pensacola Sunday, according to the United States Coast Guard.
A good Samaritan reported seeing the drugs in the water around 6 p.m. Saturday, and the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection and local agencies searched the area Saturday night.
The drugs were recovered Sunday by members of the Coast Guard Sector Mobile Enforcement.
Roughly 35 kilos, or about 77 pounds, of cocaine were found in the package, according to a Coast Guard news release.
The following agencies assisted in the recovery:
- Coast Guard Station Pensacola 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew
- Coast Guard Sector Mobile Enforcement Division
- Homeland Security Investigations
- Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations
- Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Marine Patrol
- Orange Beach Police Department
- Mobile Border and Enforcement Security Task Force/Homeland Security Investigations/High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area
- Regional Coordinating Mechanism