Florida fisherman reels in bale of marijuana

[jazz lady]

A man in Florida reeled in something very unexpected while fishing on his birthday Monday.

Jorge Bustamante caught a large bale of marijuana in the waters off Pompano Beach, roughly 11 miles north of Fort Lauderdale.

He told WSVN that he notified the U.S. Coast Guard, but not before he was able to take some photos of his big catch.

Bustamante reportedly joked the package was his "Pablo Escobar birthday present," while authorities dubbed it a "square grouper."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/03/florida-fisherman-reels-in-bale-marijuana.html

 

[RoseRed]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/03/florida-fisherman-reels-in-bale-marijuana.html

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[Gilligan]

Back in the 80s, south Florida and the Keys were awash with square grouper. Fishermen pulled them in every week. We also dubbed it "sea weed"..

 

[stgislander]

Wow... I just had a flashback from '81-'82.

 

[Gilligan]

Wow... I just had a flashback from '81-'82.

Tole ya that stuff would rot your brain.

Look at what it's done to Chris...he's actually over 70 years old.

 

[Gilligan]

Just finished reading an excellent history of the USCG Florida coast and straights drug interdiction efforts in the early 80s....wherein they discuss at length the quantity of "square grooper" also being found.

https://www.usni.org/store/books/spring-2018-catalog/red-crew

There was a direct Florida Keys-Piney Point connection running back in exactly that same time period that would be worthy of it's own book...were not a few of the participants still with us. ;-)

 

[stgislander]

Tole ya that stuff would rot your brain.

Look at what it's done to Chris...he's actually over 70 years old.

Wasn't much else to do when steaming back-n-forth for weeks at a time in the Mona Pass.