Turtle found swimming with £41m worth of cocaine

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A sea turtle has been found swimming with £41m worth of cocaine
(Image credit: 2005 AFP)

US Coast Guard officials have reported the discovery of a giant sea turtle that had become enmeshed in a rope that was holding together 26 bales of cocaine. Officers freed the animal and seized the drugs – more than 800 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated £41 million.

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