More drugs wash ashore in the Florida Keys

Suspected drugs that washed ashore at MM 34 on Aug. 4. MCSO/Contributed

Packages of suspected drugs keep arriving to the shore of the Florida Keys.

According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, a package containing suspected cocaine weighing approximately one kilogram was found offshore of the Lower Keys at approximately 1 p.m. on Aug. 4, 2026, and brought ashore near Mile Marker 34.

Later the same day, a package containing suspected marijuana of an unspecified weight was found approximately 14 miles off of Ramrod Key at approximately 3 p.m. on Aug. 4, 2026, and was brought ashore.

Both packages were found by mariners and turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol.

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