34 Arrested In Two Suspected Smuggling Boats Off San Diego Coast
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
By City News Service
CREDIT: U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
Above: A panga boat intercepted by Border Patrol agents off the coast of Point Loma on Dec. 1, 2019.
Border Patrol agents arrested 34 people after stopping two suspected smuggling boats, one off the coast of Point Loma and another near San Clemente, the agency reported Tuesday.
The first vessel was spotted around 11:15 a.m. Sunday and agents intercepted the boat around an hour later roughly one mile southeast of Point Loma, Border Patrol officials said.
Twenty-one people, whose ages ranged from 19 to 59, were found aboard and taken into custody.
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