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Coast Guard frees sea turtle trapped in floating cocaine bales
« on: December 24, 2017, 10:53:54 am »

Dec 19 2017, 12:44 pm ET
Coast Guard frees sea turtle trapped in floating cocaine bales

by Tracy Connor

Cocaine appears to be making a comeback in the United States, and Coast Guard patrols are used to finding bales of the white powder floating on the surface of the sea or hidden in small boats or even homemade submarines.

But what the crew of the cutter Thetis encountered in the eastern Pacific during a two-month mission was a surprise: a sea turtle trapped by the contraband.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/coast-guard-frees-sea-turtle-trapped-floating-cocaine-bales-n830816

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Re: Coast Guard frees sea turtle trapped in floating cocaine bales
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2017, 12:17:36 am »
Video at the source article.