The State - News from Jan. 10, 1989
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Two Cub Scouts hiking in the Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve found and turned in a suitcase containing more than a pound of cocaine, Newport Beach police said. Ben Courtney, 9, and Casey Luchesi, 8, discovered the brown suitcase hidden in bushes, police spokesman Rick Bradley said. The boys took the suitcase to pack leader Alan W. Courtney, who opened it to find the 570 grams of cocaine. The pack of eight boys and their leader took the suitcase and narcotics to the Police Department.
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