The Okeechobee Eight refers to a major drug bust in Okeechobee County, Florida, during the mid-1980s, specifically tied to a cocaine smuggling ring that operated in the region. In November 1986, a statewide grand jury indicted 29 individuals, including nine Okeechobee County residents, for their involvement in a smuggling operation that brought approximately 7,700 pounds of cocaine from the Bahamas to cattle ranches in Okeechobee County between November 1984 and 1986. The operation was part of the broader drug trafficking epidemic in South Florida during the 1980s, when rural areas like Okeechobee became attractive to smugglers due to less law enforcement scrutiny compared to urban hubs like Miami.
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