A snorkeler came across a huge stash of cocaine worth around £1.2million inside a bin bag while out swimming.
Twenty-five bricks of the Class A drug were found stuffed inside the floating bale off the Florida Keys on Wednesday afternoon, police have said.
The snorkeler was swimming near Craig Key at Mile Marker 72 and notified police at around 1.50pm, Monroe County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
Border Patrol agents responded and retrieved the drugs.
Chief Border Patrol Agent Thomas G. Martin said the unidentified "Good Samaritan" contacted the authorities after discovering the "large black bundle wrapped in tape", weighing around 31kg.
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Taking to Twitter, he said: "On Wednesday, a Good Samaritan discovered 68 lbs. of cocaine valued at over 1.5 million dollars floating in the #FloridaKeys.
"The individual noticed a large black bundle wrapped in tape & contacted local authorities. The bag contained 25 bricks of cocaine. #breakingnews."
Agent Martin also posted a photo of the cocaine bricks, wrapped in red plastic, piled into five columns.
The Florida Keys Sheriff's Twitter account posted another snap of some of the bricks still inside a black bin bag.
Bundles of narcotics are commonly found in the area's waters.
In December, a fisherman happened across around 34kg of cocaine floating off Florida Keys, around 15 miles south of Sugarloaf Key, Monroe County Sheriff's Office said at the time.
