Nearly $500K Cocaine Found on Walton County Beach, Federal Probe Underway

Authorities in Walton County, Florida, discovered 25 bricks of cocaine worth nearly $500,000 washed up on a beach, each package marked with a Yosemite Sam logo. The haul, weighing about 70 pounds, was seized by the Walton County Sheriff's Office and logged into evidence, with federal agencies including the Department of Homeland Security and the DEA now investigating the source. Officials warned the public not to touch suspicious packages due to potential health and safety risks. This incident follows a similar cocaine seizure on a nearby Alabama beach, where 110 pounds valued at $1.5 million were found, indicating a possible pattern of drug trafficking along regional beaches. Law enforcement suspects the drugs could have been transported by criminal organizations via air or boat and subsequently lost at sea. The investigations are ongoing with Homeland Security Investigations taking the lead in pursuing the traffickers behind these shipments.