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Florida detective fishing in Gulf of Mexico nets 50 pounds of pure cocaine

August 11, 2015 — A detective with the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Department in Florida hooked a very big prize while fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

The cop reeled in a huge cache of cocaine wrapped in plastic that was floating in the water offshore.

Read the full story from the New York Daily News

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