SAN DIEGO (AP) - Federal authorities have seized nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana dumped from a fleeing boat off the Southern California coast.
U-T San Diego reported Wednesday (https://bit.ly/1kOuLTD ) that a Coast Guard helicopter crew on patrol first spotted the 40-foot panga boat with three people aboard near San Clemente Island.
A Coast Guard cutter chased the panga into Mexican waters, where the Mexican navy took over the pursuit. Another boat crew recovered 281 bales of marijuana thrown overboard about 130 miles off San Diego.
The drugs were taken to Naval Base Point Loma.
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Information from: U-T San Diego, https://www.utsandiego.com
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