FORTY BLOCKS of suspected cocaine were found by two fishermen floating in the waters off Burgos town in Surigao del Norte on Sunday afternoon, the Police Regional Office-Caraga (PRO-13) reported on Monday. The bricks of powder, wrapped in black fishnet, were similar to the ones discovered at Barangay Pacifico in the neighboring town of San Isidro last Feb. 15. PRO-13 said the latest find weighs 48.575 kilograms (kg) and is worth to be about P257.4 million, based on Dangerous Drugs Board valuation. This latest recovery adds to the four others last February in the region, giving a total of 181.02 kg and an estimated value of P944.5 million. — Vince Angelo C. Ferreras

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