{"id":6138,"date":"2017-02-07T13:44:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=6138"},"modified":"2017-02-07T13:44:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:44:29","slug":"florida-fisherman-cocaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/florida-fisherman-cocaine\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Fisherman Catches $500k Worth Of Cocaine; Now Faces Life In Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>32 year-old<em><strong> Thomas Breeding<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a boat captain from <a href=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/john-travoltas-house-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Florida<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. One day, while out fishing, he managed to catch a truly HUGE haul. A whopper. Altogether it weight over 50lb. But it wasn&#8217;t a fish. Or even a ray or a shark. Nope, it was\u00a0a drug shipment. A\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/rick-rosner-brain-drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>cocaine<\/em><\/strong><\/a> haul worth between $500,000 and $620,000 on the street, to be exact.<\/p>\n<p>Breeding found it entirely by chance (that&#8217;s his claim, anyway). But instead of handing it over to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/open-carry-men-walk-into-detroit-police-station-with-guns\/\">police<\/a> or the coastguard, he decided &#8211; with the help of four friends &#8211; to try and fence the coke. But got caught. Now? He&#8217;s facing a HUGE prison sentence and a seriously hefty fine&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Breeding has some advice to others thinking of catching a huge drugs shipment too.\u00a0He is, unsurprisingly, warning others not to follow his example. Here&#8217;s an extract from an open letter he wrote to a local newspaper:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis changed my life and way of thinking and also made me aware of some of the dangers that can be found off shore in the Gulf,\u201d<\/em> Breeding wrote to the <strong><em>News Herald<\/em><\/strong> from his cell in the Washington County Jail.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6139\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fisherman-Finds-Cocaine-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fisherman Finds Cocaine\" width=\"1104\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI would like to let the public know the dangers and what not to do if this situation comes about,&#8221; <\/em>he continued.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6140\" src=\"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Fisherman-Finds-Cocaine-2.jpg\" alt=\"Fisherman Finds Cocaine\" width=\"1050\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Breeding pleaded guilty to the charges. As did his co-defendants. The main man\u00a0faces a maximum sentence of LIFE\u00a0in jail. Not only that, but he could be looking at anywhere up to a $5 million fine.<\/p>\n<p>Breeding and his accomplices are due to find out their fates and be sentenced on February 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>32 year-old Thomas Breeding\u00a0is a boat captain from Florida. One day, while out fishing, he managed to catch a truly HUGE haul. A whopper. Altogether it weight over 50lb. But it wasn&#8217;t a fish. Or even a ray or a shark. Nope, it was\u00a0a drug shipment. 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