Pot Smuggling Boat Found Off Central Coast
SAN SIMEON, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities found an abandoned boat and 22 bales of marijuana on a beach near San Simeon on the California coast, well over 300 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.
The state Department of Fish and Game says a 30-foot panga fishing boat was discovered beached Thursday. The drugs were found a short distance away.
The boat had plastic barrels containing more than 400 gallons of fuel for outboard engines. Food, water and other supplies also were found inside the boat.
No arrests were made.
Authorities believed the drugs were hidden in sand dunes to be picked up for drug traffickers.
Panga fishing boats are commonly used to smuggle drugs from Mexico into the U.S. to avoid detection.
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