$2.1 million in cocaine washes ashore

07:03 beach-goer found $2.1 million worth of cocaine 0 Comments

$2.1 million in cocaine washes ashore: "beach-goer found $2.1 million worth of cocaine tucked inside a black backpack that washed ashore near the Beachtown development on the East End on May 22.
The bag contained 16 bricks of cocaine, or 37 pounds, wrapped in layers of rubber, large balloons and plastic wrap, Galveston police Capt. Jeff Heyse said.
Each brick contained markings and bar codes on the outer wrappers, he said.
Drug cartels often mark their products with bar codes, which can be created with bar code software, Heyse said."