Yes, the US Coast Guard made a shocking discovery when they found this sea turtle carrying 53 million worth of cocaine. This discovery highlights how drug smugglers are taking advantage of sea life like turtles to smuggle illegal substances across the ocean with ease and impunity.

The implications of this find could usher in a new era of oceanic law enforcement to better target drug trafficking operations across the high seas.

On June 6th, US Coast Guard personnel made an unexpected discovery when upon inspection of a boat off the coast of Honduras, they found 53 packages with about $53 million worth of cocaine attached to a sea turtle. The packages were said to weigh around 39 kilograms and measured 160 centimeters in length.

While sea turtles have become far less common in areas such as the 1990s in Colombia due to drug smuggling activity, this stunning find shows that smugglers are once again taking advantage of this easy trafficking option.

Aside from highlighting one particular heat-seeking method being used by traffickers however, it also raises questions as to whether other creatures and animals may be utilized for this same purpose without detection going forward. Such activity has drawn attention from marine conservationists who consider these archaic animal trafficking operations both unethical and dangerous for marine life.

The Coast Guard is determined to look deeper into similar suspect behaviors on the high seas and will now increase its efforts to discover more hidden illicit activities across oceanic venues worldwide.