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A Tom the Cat-stamped kilo of cocaine was found in mangroves off John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo and turned over to U.S. Border Patrol, deputies say.<\/p>\n
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A tightly duct-taped brick of cocaine adorned with a large image of Tom the Cat, from the titular Tom and Jerry cartoon, sporting sunglasses, was discovered among the mangroves in a Florida Keys park on Friday afternoon, deputies say.<\/p>\n
Around 12:40 p.m., the about 1 kilogram (2.2-pound) brick of cocaine was found in the mangroves off John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park on the ocean side of Key Largo, the Monroe County Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear who found the drugs, but deputies were alerted.<\/p>\n
This marks at least the second brick of cocaine found in the Florida Keys this week. On Monday, a kayaker happened upon a half-kilogram of cocaine off Sumerland Key in the Lower Keys.<\/p>\n
This package was marked with the number \u201d333,\u201d which matched a separate kilogram of cocaine<\/a> that was found nearby two weeks prior in the same place.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Kayaker finds half a kilo of cocaine in Florida Keys, sheriff\u2019s office says<\/a><\/p>\n All the discovered cocaine packages were turned over to U.S. Border Patrol, authorities said.<\/p>\n The sheriff\u2019s office told the Miami Herald that the labels, such as Tom the Cat and \u201c333,\u201d let drug smugglers know who bought the contraband and where it\u2019s intended to go.<\/p>\n