Florida Scuba Divers Find 25 Kilos Of Cocaine In Atlantic Ocean

Credit: Monroe County Sheriff’s Office 

KEY LARGO, Florida - Twenty-five individually wrapped kilograms of suspected cocaine were found by scuba divers Wednesday in approximately 100 feet of water in the Atlantic Ocean. 

Monroe  County Sheriff’s deputies  responded to the Rainbow Reef Dive Center in Key Largo at approximately 12:25 p.m. where divers stated they were removing what they thought was trash when the discovery was made.

The Sheriff’s Office turned over the suspected narcotics to the U.S. Border Patrol.