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$4 million in marijuana found on Central Coast beach

Written on 2 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 40 comments

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Narcotics Detectives, responding to a report of a Panga boat Thursday morning, found 2,000 pounds of marijuana under a cliff next to the boat. Employees at the Cojo Ranch, near the Point Conception Lighthouse discovered the... (Continue reading)

Panga boat driver kills Coast Guard officer

Written on 3 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 42 comments

A panga boat suspected to be used for smuggling drugs rammed into a Coast Guard boat early Sunday morning, killing an officer off the coast of Santa Barbara County. [Noozhawk] The Coast Guard spotted the panga boat around 1 a.m.... (Continue reading)

Suspected smugglers beach panga boat near San Simeon

Written on 28 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies discovered a panga boat early Tuesday morning beached north of Piedras Blancas lighthouse outside of San Simeon. Around 4:15 a.m. deputies noticed an open gate to a field off Highway 1 and north of... (Continue reading)

Boat loaded with marijuana found near San Simeon

Written on 25 May, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

California Park Rangers discovered a 35-foot boat loaded with 2,000 pounds of marijuana on the coast two miles north of Piedras Blancas on Thursday, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff officials said. Sheriff narcotics investigators arrived to find the abandoned panga... (Continue reading)

San Luis Police officers guilty of drug smuggling

Written on 3 May, 2010 in Uncovered SLO | 87 comments

CalCoastNews has learned that two San Luis Obispo police officers have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of bringing misbranded Mexican prescription drugs into the United States at the San Ysidro port of entry south of San Diego. The officers, Dan McDow... (Continue reading)

Federal agents bust human smuggling ring

Written on 18 Dec, 2009 in Daily Briefs | One comment

Two Paso Robles women successfully relayed information through the Paso Robles Police that helped bust a human smuggling ring. [KSBY] The women’s boyfriends paid human smugglers to bring them to the United States from Mexico. The smugglers brought the men... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man suspected of beastiality, producing child porn

Written on 15 Apr, 2009 in Uncovered SLO | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE A multi-agency task force is investigating a subcontractor with the California Men’s Colony after discovering videos of the man having sexual relations with both a child and his dog, sources said. Suspecting the 49-year-old plumber of marijuana, narcotics, and... (Continue reading)