--- title: Fisherman Finds Kilo of Cocaine Floating in Miami Waters description: While fishing off the coast of Miami, a charter boat captain and his crew reportedly hauled in a kilo of cocaine they found in the ocean. canonical: https://time.com/4595493/fisherman-finds-cocaine-miami/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-08T21:35:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:19.563Z og:title: Fisherman Finds Kilo of Cocaine Floating in Waters Off Miami og:description: The parcel was spotted about two miles offshore og:url: https://time.com/4595493/fisherman-finds-cocaine-miami/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fisherman Finds Kilo of Cocaine Floating in Waters Off Miami twitter:description: The parcel was spotted about two miles offshore twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Fisherman Finds Kilo of Cocaine Floating in Waters Off Miami  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 8, 2016 9:35 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 8, 2016 9:35 PM UTC While [fishing](http://time.com/4092817/save-future-of-fishing/) off the coast of [Miami](http://content.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1925375%5F1925376%5F1925393,00.html) Wednesday, a charter boat captain and his crew reportedly hauled in a kilo of [cocaine](http://time.com/3860207/fingerprint-cocaine-use/) they found floating in the ocean. Mark “The Shark” Quartiano [told WPLG-TV](http://www.local10.com/news/famous-fisherman-hauls-in-kilo-of-cocaine-off-miami-coastline) that his crew retrieved the package about two miles offshore, prompting him to alert the Coast Guard to their discovery. “We just happened to come across a strange looking parcel,” Quartiano said, jokingly adding, “Lo and behold, it was one of those square grouper.” The Florida fisherman said this is the first time in 40 years he’s made a catch of this nature. “I’ve found marijuana, but never cocaine like this,” Quartiano [told the Miami New Times](http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/mark-the-shark-finds-floating-brick-of-cocaine-while-fishing-off-miami-8976332). Watch the full video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4595493/fisherman-finds-cocaine-miami/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4595493/fisherman-finds-cocaine-miami/"},"headline":"Fisherman Finds Kilo of Cocaine Floating in Waters Off Miami","datePublished":"2016-12-08T21:35:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:19.563Z","description":"The parcel was spotted about two miles offshore","url":"https://time.com/4595493/fisherman-finds-cocaine-miami/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Drugs","Miami","Fishing","Cocaine","Weird News"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4595493/fisherman-finds-cocaine-miami/","name":"Fisherman Finds Kilo of Cocaine Floating in Waters Off Miami"}}]}] ```