Florist finds cocaine in flower shipment

[November 04, 2010]  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Sioux Falls police say a local florist found drugs in a shipment of flowers from Miami.

Police spokesman Sam Clemens said an employee at North American Wholesale Florists on Monday opened a package of flowers that originated in South America and found three bags of cocaine.

Officers seized the drugs. No arrests were immediately made.

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[Associated Press]

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