Border Patrol agents discovered 82 bundles of marijuana stashed on the deck and under the bow of an abandoned boat that washed ashore in California. Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
"With assistance from the rangers, agents pulled the vessel ashore for further inspection," Customs officials said in a news release. "Agents did not encounter any people on the boat or the surrounding area."
The agents instead discovered about 2,400 pounds of marijuana that has been bundled into 82 individual cellophane-wrapped packages.
The agency said the marijuana had an estimated street value of about $1.2 million. The marijuana and the abandoned boat were seized for further investigation.
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