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Boaters in Monroe County find 21 kilos of suspected cocaine in the Keys

21 individually wrapped kilograms of a substance suspected to be cocaine was found seven miles off the shore of Islamorada on Saturday
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MONROE COUNTY — A large amount of what is suspected to be cocaine was found off the coast of the Florida Keys.

Boaters found a package containing approximately 21 individually wrapped kilograms of suspected cocaine about seven miles off the coast of Islamorada on Saturday, said the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

The suspected drugs were turned over to the U. S Border Patrol, according to a press release.