Smugglers’ drugs wash up on Texas coast

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At least a dozen times in the last year, small fortunes in illegal narcotics washed up on Texas beaches after being lost by seaborne smugglers scrambling for new ways into the United States, according to federal officials.

The drugs, wrapped in plastic and potentially worth millions of dollars on the streets, were turned in by beachcombers, fishermen, park rangers and deputies. The lost loads popped up all along the coast — mostly cocaine, followed by marijuana and methamphetamine.

About 800 pounds of marijuana washed up on South Padre Island in one shot, 24 kilograms of cocaine in Jefferson County, and another similar-sized load of cocaine near a remote beach of High Island, according to Houston’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, a coalition of law-enforcement agencies here and in coastal counties.

Full story: Smugglers’ drugs wash up on Texas coast | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

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