- 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 boat drug smuggling. Coast Guard detachment aboard the US. Maritime smuggling operations on the California coast include what have become known as panga boat operations. Over the past several years panga boat smuggling has been a consistent if uneven presence along Californias Central Coast.

Smugglers attempted to hide an illegal drug cache from a panga boat north of Vandenbergs Wall Beach. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze DDG 94 interdicted a power boat loaded with illegal drugs. Panga boatsalso known as a shark or fishing boatsare used extensively by both smuggling and trafficking organizations in the.

A 35-foot panga boat was found on Garrapata State Park Beach in Big Sur. There is enough evidence to move to a trial in a case against two men arrested earlier this month while allegedly waiting for a drug-smuggling panga boat to land near Piedras Blancas a San Luis. On July 28 13 people were arrested after US.

Normally smugglers either transport drugs people or weapons. Today it is common to see multiple illicit commodities smuggled at once. 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.

The stash contained 75 bricks of marijuana weighing 17282 pounds with an estimated value. 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. Drug cartels using new go-fast boats that are almost INVISIBLE to radar on Central American smuggling missions.

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. 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. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton stopped two of these new low profile go fast boats in three days resulting in the seizure of more than.