K-9, troopers find $5M worth of cocaine in tractor-trailer

April 20, 2022 at 11:42 am EDT

K-9 Rico K-9 Rico helped a team of Florida Highway Patrol troopers get $5 million worth of cocaine off of Orlando’s streets. (Florida Highway Patrol)

April 20, 2022 at 11:42 am EDT

ORLANDO, Fla. — K-9 Rico helped a team of Florida Highway Patrol troopers get $5 million worth of cocaine off of Orlando’s streets.

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Troopers said the Orlando Criminal Interdiction Unit team and K-9 Rico helped the DEA track down the 50 kilos of drugs in a tractor-trailer at a storage unit.

Investigators said the street value of the cocaine is $5 million.

Great job to the Orlando CIU team and K-9 Rico for helping DEA get 50 kilos of cocaine off the streets. The drugs were located in a semi-truck at a storage unit. Street value is 5 million dollars. Great teamwork! pic.twitter.com/V2HBPCHiH3
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Sarah Wilson joined WFTV Channel 9 in 2018 as a digital producer after working as an award-winning newspaper reporter for nearly a decade in various communities across Central Florida.