Overview

• A beachgoer discovered 25 vacuum-packed bricks stamped with Yosemite Sam on Miramar Beach in Walton County on June 29.
• Deputies reported the bricks contained about 70 pounds of cocaine valued at roughly $500,000.
• The sheriff’s office warned beach visitors to report suspicious packages without touching them due to potential harm.
• Investigators suspect the bundles were dumped at sea by traffickers moving cocaine from the Caribbean to avoid capture.
• Comparable discoveries of distinctively packaged drug bricks have recurred along Florida shores since 2021, underscoring persistent maritime smuggling tactics.