Tampa mayor Jane Castor was fishing off the Florida Keys with her family when she reeled in something unexpected – 70 pounds of cocaine. While out on the boat in late July, Castor's brother saw what he thought was debris in the water, WTVT-TV in Tampa reported.
"Closer we got, I was like, 'Oh, that would be a bail (bale) of cocaine,'" Castor told WTVT.
The Castor family hauled the heavy package onto the boat and discovered a split in the wrapping that revealed individual packages, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Castor later told the Tampa Bay Times that she saved the location of the discovery on her watch and headed back to the family's vacation rental. When she got cell service again, Castor called the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
The family lugged the packages onto the dock and waited for them to arrive. Walter Slosar, chief patrol agent with the Border Patrol's Miami sector, posted a picture of the cocaine on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Slosar said the drugs have an estimated street value of $1.1 million.
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