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Coast Guard Grabs Over A Mil In Cocaine
posted (August 29, 2012)
Tonight, the coast Guard has confirmed that there was a major million dollar cocaine find made on the Southern seas.

According to the Ministry of National Security, at around 9 o'clock this morning, a Coast Guard vessel patrolling the Turneffe area found a bale of cocaine, wrapped in a crocus sack, which washed up onto the beach.

The officers took possession of it and transported it to the Coast Guard Headquarters, where it was discovered that the bail contained 35 packages, all to a total weight of 47.45 Kilograms - or 104.5 pounds - of cocaine, which was confirmed by the forensics department. This has an estimated street value of more than a million Belize dollars.

The drugs are now in the custody of the police department, and it is expected that it will be destroyed at the earliest convenience.

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