Cocaine washes up on two Fla. beaches

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Two packages of cocaine, one estimated to be worth $600,000 and the other valued at nearly $500,000, have been found washed up on Florida beaches.

The smaller package, weighing about 80 pounds, washed up Tuesday on a beach in Hollywood, Fla., the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Wednesday.

Brevard County Sheriff's Office spokesman Andrew Walters said the second package was found hours later on Floridana Beach, WKMG-TV, Orlando, reported Wednesday.

Capt. Tony Rode, a police spokesman in Hollywood, said beached drugs are often the result of boaters dumping their cargo while fleeing authorities.