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Cocaine Valued at $2.5 Million Dollars Found Hidden Among Sargassum on Tulum Beach

Tulum, Quintana Roo (Puerto Vallarta Daily News) - During an inspection tour of the tourist zone of Tulum, elements of the National Guard found a bag containing 30 packages of cocaine hidden among the sargassum on the beach.

According to official reports, each package weighed approximately one kilo, so the total weight of the seized cocaine was 30 kilos. The estimated street value of this amount of cocaine is around $2.4 million dollars with the street value of the drug averaging $80.00 per gram.

The discovery of the drugs raises concerns about the prevalence . . .

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