JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBS12) — It wasn’t the kind of fetch anyone expects at the beach.

On April 13, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a man was walking his dog through Hanna Park when the pair came face-to-face with a tightly wrapped bale of marijuana that had washed ashore after high tide, and the dog – fittingly – was a retired narcotics canine.

The man quickly called the sheriff’s office, and officers responded to the park, confirmed the suspicious find, and collected what they jokingly called a “square grouper,” a term used for drug packages that end up drifting onto Florida’s coastline.

Bodycam footage shows officers arriving at the scene.

“I thought it was a Portuguese Man O’War because that plastic part was sticking up,” the witness told officers.

A man walking his retired narcotics dog at Hanna Park on April 13 made an unexpected call to police after the pair discovered a bale of marijuana washed ashore following high tide, which Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officers quickly collected and secured as evidence. (JSO)

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The bale was secured and transported to JSO’s property and evidence vault. No arrests were reported, and investigators have not said where the marijuana originated.

JSO officials say the unusual discovery is a reminder that no two calls for service are ever the same — and that sometimes, even retired K-9s still have a nose for the job.