INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A package suspected to contain cocaine – and weighing more than a kilogram – washed ashore along Round Island Beach Park last month, deputies said. It was unclear where the bundle originated.
“The substance has not been identified, but the size, wrappings and look are consistent with illegal narcotics,” said Kevin Jaworski, a spokesperson for the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office.
The discovery happened during a beach cleanup event hosted by Coastal Connections, an environmental nonprofit based in Vero Beach. The event was part of an international coastal cleanup, where more than 1,000 volunteers gathered at 25 different sites and removed about 4,000 pounds of trash from Indian River County’s beaches, coastlines and waterways…