A mayor in the US made a big catch while fishing with her family in Florida, hauling in a package containing 31kg of cocaine worth an estimated $1.7 million.
Tampa mayor Jane Castor saved the location of the find on her watch as her family hauled the microwave-sized package out of the water onto their boat, and contacted the local sheriff’s office to report the drugs.
Border Patrol agents took custody of the drugs when the Castors returned to shore.
The package, discovered in the Florida Keys on July 23, contained 25 bricks of cocaine.
“My family was concerned,” Castor told local media, saying that someone on the boat had exclaimed: “Oh my gosh, what if they think it’s ours?”
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“I was like, ‘Come on,'” she said.
Assistant Chief Patrol Agent Adam Hoffner hailed Castor as a “good Samaritan” who had helped keep a substantial amount of cocaine off the streets.
Before her current role as mayor, Castor spent 31 years with the Tampa Police Department.
In 2009, she became Tampa’s first female Chief of Police, serving for six years.
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