The Nation - News from Feb. 11, 1985

Drug-enforcement authorities in Miami said a record amount of cocaine--4,364 pounds--was confiscated across Florida in a recent two-week period starting Jan. 19 and was more than the amount confiscated in Florida in the first three months of 1984, which was a record year. The haul began when 500 pounds of cocaine was seized on the open seas by the Metro-Dade Marine Patrol. Agents called the bust “the largest . . . in marine patrol history.” One official, citing the size of the seizure, said authorities fear that it may indicate that there is more cocaine being smuggled in that is not being found.