Turtle found entangled in cocaine valued at $53 million
They briefed the commanding officer and went to work, carefully cutting the lines wrapped around the sea turtle and then eventually freeing him. "There were some marks on her neck, so she may have been there a day or two". Entanglement like the stringed-together cocaine bales is one of the many dangers this turtle species faces. In total, the seized drugs had a street value of more than $135million, the Coast Guard said.