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On Sept. 10, 2019, social media users encountered a video posted by @NowThisNews that reported bricks of cocaine had washed ashore on a beach in Florida after Hurricane Dorian: While the described incident may seem somewhat strange, the video was based on genuine news reports. Days earlier, CNN reported that Melbourne City police found a brick of cocaine on a beach after a beach-goer reported it as a suspicious package. The officer had the package's contents tested and confirmed that they were cocaine: This brick of cocaine was found a few days after law enforcement discovered another stash of cocaine on Cocoa Beach. Local news outlet Florida Today reported that officers found a duffel bag containing 15 kilos of cocaine worth about $300,000: Cocoa Beach Police Sgt. Manny Hernandez told us that this duffel bag of cocaine was found pre-Hurricane Dorian on Aug. 30, 2019. It's unclear if these two packages were connected. However, as some of the cocaine washed ashore prior to the hurricane, we've marked this article as Mostly True. While these news reports may seem unusual, these incidents were not the first time drugs had washed ashore in Florida. In 2016, law enforcement recovered 20 kilos of cocaine worth about $600,000 near Jupiter Island in Martin County. A similar discovery was made the following year near Melbourne Beach.
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