Maritime smuggling operations on the California coast include what have become known as panga boat operations.

Panga boat drug smuggling. SANTA CRUZ Slicing through the ocean with more than 2000 pounds or more of marijuana drug smugglers on Mexican fishing boats known as pangas have skipped Southern California landing zones in. A drug smuggling boat was found at Four Mile Beach north of Santa Cruz in October 2013. Normally smugglers either transport drugs people or weapons.

Coast Guard detachment aboard the US. Smugglers attempted to hide an illegal drug cache from a panga boat north of Vandenbergs Wall Beach. Dramatic Drug Boat Chase Off Coast Of Oceanside Ends In Arrests A panga carrying methamphetamine repeatedly rammed customs and coast guard boats in a failed bid to escape.

Panga drug smuggling boat found on local beach About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features 2020 Google LLC. Coast Guard crews from the San Diego area intercept a suspected drug smuggling boat and crew in international waters off the coast of Baja California in. Fiberglass Picuda are packed with motors and can carry a ton of drugs.

Over the past several years panga boat smuggling has been a consistent if uneven presence along Californias Central Coast. Kat Schuster Patch Staff. - Santa Barbara County Sheriffs deputies and several other law enforcement agencies are investigating after they intercepted a possible drug smuggling boat or panga boat.

Panga boatsalso known as a shark or fishing boatsare used extensively by both smuggling and trafficking organizations in the. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton stopped two of these new low profile go fast boats in three days resulting in the seizure of more than. Todays seizure of a panga boat illicitly smuggling more than a ton and a half of methamphetamine into our county and the arrest of the 33 suspects.

On July 29 a US. The crew of US. Pangas are cheap open-hulled boats that can be loaded with drugs humans or other contraband to exploit the littoral space and land on Californias vast.