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Passerby finds kilo of cocaine on Padre Island

Cocaine was valued at more than $30,000

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CORPUS CHRISTI – Customs and Border Protection agents assigned to the Padre Island National Seashore were waved down by a concerned citizen visiting the beach on Saturday morning.

According to a news release by CBP, the visitor stated that he encountered a bundle on the shore and suspected it was “narcotics.”

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The agents seized the bundle from the shoreline and then transported it to the Corpus Christi Border Patrol Station and said it tested positive for cocaine valued at more than $30,000.

The drugs were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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