Seventy-four pounds of cocaine found floating off the Florida Keys
In October, more than 30 pounds of marijuana washed up in the Keys. More than double that amount was found on Christmas week.
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The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more the $400 million worth of drugs at Port Everglades, Florida, on Dec. 16, 2020. [ United States Coast Guard ]
By Miami Herald
Published Dec. 25, 2020
The Keys sheriffâs office came across some white stuff Christmas week. But it wasnât the usual kind of snow.
About 74 pounds of cocaine were spotted floating off the Lower Keys by a fisherman Wednesday afternoon. The fisherman, who was boating south of Sugarloaf Key, notified a Monroe County sheriffâs deputy who was on marine patrol at the time.
Miami man busted after baggies of drugs fall out of pants in Keys, deputy’s report says
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Travis Bolton Holton of Miami told Monroe County Sheriff s deputies that the sandwich baggies that fell from his pants contained two ounces of Molly. (WPLG)
GRASSY KEY, Fla. – A Miami man was arrested in the Florida Keys after a traffic stop over a license plate led to sheriff’s deputies finding two baggies of amphetamines after they fell from the man’s pants.
Travis Bernard Holton, 44, was arrested in Grassy Key after a Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy stopped Holton due to the license plate on the Ford Fusion he was driving not being illuminated.