Florida Fisherman Finds $1.7 Million Worth of Cocaine

A Florida fisherman recently caught $1.7 million in cocaine in the Atlantic Ocean.

Sheriff Wayne Ivey of the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office recently shared on social media that 25 kilos of cocaine “inadvertently fell (off) the back of someone’s boat as they were apparently enjoying a leisurely stroll along the beautiful coastline and beaches of Brevard County!”

Ivey wrote that the fisherman who discovered the drugs did the right thing by turning over the misplaced drugs that were branded with a scorpion logo.

“All of us at one point or another in our lives have lost or misplaced something important and are always hopeful that a good samaritan or an incredibly kind person will find our lost item and do the right thing by returning it to its rightful owner,” wrote Ivey.

If you’re the owner of the cocaine, Ivey gave instructions about how you can get it back. “So if the 25 kilos of coke belongs to you, all we need you to do is come down to our Criminal Investigative Services building on Gus Hipp Blvd in Rockledge and claim your property with absolutely no strings attached,” wrote Ivey.

To encourage the owner to claim responsibility for the drugs, Ivey even shared a unique reward for turning them in — a nice stay at “Ivey’s Iron Bar Lounge.”

In other related Florida news, a resident was arrested this week after she allegedly threatened a health insurance provider with the words “delay, deny, depose. You people are next.”