Tampa Mayor Jane Castor helped reel in 70 pounds of cocaine while fishing last month in the Florida Keys, her office confirmed on Tuesday.
The drugs had an estimated street value of $1.1 million, according to Chief Patrol Agent Walter Slosar with the U.S. Border Patrol's Miami sector.on July 24 that the cocaine was "discovered by a recreational boater" over the weekend and seized by Border Patrol agents. He shared a photo of the haul -- 25 bricks each stamped with a purple butterfly.
More suspected cocaine has since been found in waters off the Florida Keys. On Sunday, lobster hunters found a brick that was turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol, according to the
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Tampa Mayor Makes $1.1M Cocaine Catch While Fishing in Florida Keys with FamilyTampa Mayor Jane Castor made a big catch while fishing the Florida Keys with family, spotting and hauling in a package containing 70 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of approximately $1.1 million. The package was discovered south of Marathon on July 23, and Castor reported the drugs to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
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Tampa Mayor Says She Caught $1.1M in Cocaine on Florida Keys Fishing TripTampa Mayor Jane Castor's office announced that she and her family caught 70 pounds of cocaine, worth $1.1 million, while fishing in the Florida Keys.
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Tampa Mayor Discovers 70 Pounds of Cocaine off Florida KeysMayor Jane Castor, a former police chief, found a bundle of cocaine floating in the Atlantic Ocean while fishing with her family.
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Tampa Mayor Discovers 70 Pounds of Cocaine off Florida KeysThe mayor of Tampa found a big catch of another sort while fishing off the coast of the Florida Keys: 70 pounds of cocaine floating in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Mayor finds 70 pounds of cocaine while on fishing trip in the Florida KeysTampa Mayor Jane Castor helped reel in 70 pounds of cocaine while fishing last month in the Florida Keys, her office confirmed on Tuesday. The identity of the 'recreational boater' wasn't revealed until now. Castor was mahi-mahi fishing off the Florida Keys with her family when they spotted the package, the mayor told the Tampa Bay Times in an article published on Tuesday. 'Mayor Jane Castor is never off duty.'
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Tampa Mayor Went Fishing, Caught 70 Pound Block of CocaineMayor Jane Castor caught a surprise haul while fishing off the coast of Florida in late July. The family had been fishing for mahi mahi when they spotted a large black object in the water, which turned out to be a plastic-wrapped package of cocaine. Castor, a former Tampa Police Department employee, quickly identified the illegal substance.
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