smuggling
Suspected panga smuggling boat washes ashore in Del Mar
DEL MAR — A suspected smuggling boat washed ashore near Del Mar Beach today. About 7 a.m. Thursday, California Border Patrol Air and Marine Operations...
20 people arrested in smuggling attempt
OCEANSIDE — In the early morning of Aug. 26, agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and Marine (OAM) stopped a panga...
Radar removed from Ponto Beach
CARLSBAD — The TERMA radar that was being tested for coastline surveillance capabilities by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been removed from...
Coast Guard interdicts panga boat at sea
REGION – A panga boat heading in an unconfirmed direction was spotted early Tuesday morning more than 100 miles southwest of San Diego by a...
Border Patrol arrests 18 in maritime smuggling attempt
DEL MAR — The San Diego Police Department made the initial report to Border Patrol shortly before midnight Sunday of the sightings of several life...
Maritime smuggling ops on the rise
COAST CITIES — House upon house fills up a hillside in a portion of the Tijuana neighborhood of Colonia Libertad. ...
Panga boat seized in Carlsbad, $4 million in marijuana captured
CARLSBAD — Three people were approaching the shore at a high rate of speed near Ponto State Beach in a panga boat early Tuesday morning. ...
Border Patrol arrests 11 in sea smuggling attempt
DEL MAR – Border Patrol agents made the initial contact at around 2:30 a.m. Monday when 11 people tried to enter the country illegally by...
Border Patrol seeks help with maritime smuggling
COAST CITIES — Border Patrol agents are asking Del Mar residents for help in curbing maritime smuggling on city beaches, particularly between Fourth and Eighth...