The Coast Guard has recovered approximately 35 kilos of cocaine from the Gulf of Mexico, WKRG reports.
The bales of drugs were found floating south of Pensacola early Sunday morning.
Around 6 p.m. Saturday evening, a passing boater reported seeing a bale of cocaine floating in the water.
Watchstanders diverted a crew to search for the drugs throughout the evening. The bale was found early Sunday morning.
The following agencies were involved in the search.
- 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
