11-and-a-half bricks of cocaine recovered after washing up on beach in Biloxi

Keesler Air Force Base has a group of volunteers who clean up periodically along the beach. While they were cleaning on Saturday, they found more than just trash.

The volunteers were cleaning up around the beach near White Avenue and came across several bricks, which were actual kilos of cocaine.

They found a total of eight wrapped up bricks of cocaine which prompted an immediate call to Biloxi police.

Before the day was over, 11-and-a-half bricks with a street value of $1 million were recovered.

Eight bricks were found by White Avenue, two were further down near Schooners and one-and-a-half bricks were found after arresting a man who decided to keep the bricks for himself.

According to Biloxi Police, Joey Lee Ware was charged with aggravated trafficking of a controlled substance. He is awaiting an initial appearance. Biloxi PD Captain Thomas Goldsworthy said, “One and a half was actually discovered by a citizen, and this is the important part. If you discover it, you should call us, he instead decided to do other things with it and he was arrested and charged with aggravated trafficking.”

Officers are doing patrols on four wheelers making sure they can locate bricks if more wash up. If you do come across a brick of cocaine, you can call the agency number at 228-392-0641.