Deputies located a 50-foot boat with smugglers in the process of unloading.

Panga boat gaviota. Santa Barbara County sheriffs narcotics detectives seized more than 3000 pounds of marijuana early Saturday in a suspected panga boat operation south of Gaviota. Sheriffs deputies say panga boats including this one found Wednesday on Refugio Beach. Agents then fired a round at the pangas engine about five miles from Point Loma according to local reports.

James Schlegal February 042011. - Santa Barbara County Sheriffs deputies and several other law enforcement agencies are investigating after they intercepted a possible drug smuggling boat or panga boat. Santa Barbara County Sheriff Drugs seized from panga boat GAVIOTA Calif.

Twenty people braving bad weather were arrested a half mile north of Gaviota near Hollister Ranch as they unloaded 5300 pounds of dried marijuana and 40 gallons of crude marijuana oil from a 50-foot panga boat. Panga beaches near Gaviota smugglers caught with pot. The Gaviota super panga Puerto Vallarta fishing charter with Pv Sportfishing.

Santa Barbara County Sheriffs officials say a 50-foot panga boat was found beached about a half-mile north of Gaviota near Hollister Ranch early Thursday morning. In total the four defendants are charged with possessing with intent to distribute 21385 kilograms 47146 pounds of marijuana according to the indictment. Santa Barbara County Sheriffs.

California State Parks staff found an abandoned 28-foot-long panga boat on Arroyo Quemada Beach on the Gaviota Coast Wednesday morning according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Department. Following the arrests law enforcement recovered a total over 200 bales of marijuana from the panga boat the Hollister Ranch Beach area and the van according to statements made in court. Panga Boat Intercepted Along Gaviota Coast Oh gosh.

On Thursday March 12 2020 at approximately 330 am the Sheriffs Office Cannabis Compliance Team Detectives Narcotics Detectives K9 Units and County Air Support Unit along with the Ventura County Sheriffs Office California Highway Patrol. According to that March 2014 report panga boat interceptions increased from 2009-2010 and then from 2010-2011. An abandoned panga boat was also found nearby with more than 20 fuel containers.