Featured Image Credit: WFLA/Mark Quartiano via Instagram
WFLA out of Miami, Florida covered an absolutely addicting story earlier this week.
A fisherman named Mark Quartiano has been fishing off of the Miami coast for close to 40 years and has never gotten hooked like this before.
On Wednesday, Quartiano was fishing near Miami Beach (with the camera rolling of course) when he saw a submerged package floating in the water. After circling back to net the yellow package… he learned he had just found a KILO of COCAINE!
Based on the number of barnacles on the package, Quartiano estimates that it was probably in the water for several weeks. Surprisingly… finding drugs in Miami’s waters is not uncommon. One time, Mark hauled in a barrel of marijuana. WHAT.
As soon as Quartiano and the crew pulled up to the dock, he handed over the crazy catch to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Known as “Mark the Shark” on Instagram, you can watch him snag the substance out of the water below:
We’d say this one of the exemptions from catch and release…