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Coast Guard nabs $1 million in cocaine off Galveston

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GALVESTON (KHOU) -- The Coast Guard took $1 million worth of cocaine off a ship located 70 miles off the Galveston coast on Christmas Eve.

The crew of the 900-foot oil tanker Godavari Spirit called the Coast Guard after finding a suspicious package that didn't belong on board.

Officials said inside the hidden package they found 86 pounds of cocaine

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