4 tons of marijuana found floating off Southern California

[Hum]

Four tons of marijuana in large bales were found bobbing off the Southern California coast, and authorities are still trying to determine where it came from.

Harbor patrol agents began receiving tips about "suspicious bales" 13 miles offshore near Dana Point, in Orange County around noon on May 20, according to a report from CBS Los Angeles.

The Coast Guard, Orange County Sheriff's Department and U.S. Border Patrol hauled in some 160 bales or 7,623 pounds of marijuana. Border Patrol agents said the bales had a street value of $3.6 million.

So far, there have been no arrests, and there were no suspect vessels sighted near the area where the dumping occurred.

Border Patrol spokesman Michael Jimenez called the incident unusual in the Orange County Register. Typically, bales are found in the water because suspects and boats fleeing from authorities are in a hurry to get rid of them.

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[Noir Angel]

No tern was left unstoned.

[jnelsoninjax]

It's 16:20 dude, like all day long, and all night, and ...

[Crisp]

I dropped that. Can I haz is back?

[jnelsoninjax]

^Sure just contact US Custom and Boarder patrol, and be sure to mention that is for medicinal use, describe it to them and they will have no problem giving it back to you! :D

[McCordRm]

I need to go swimming more often.

[ambiance]

Dude! Somebody is totally getting killed for this.

[Hum]

^ Maybe that's why all the headless bodies lately, in Mexico.

[sanctified Veteran]

^ Maybe that's why all the headless bodies lately, in Mexico.

Mexico cartels traffic mostly coke and meth.

[zeta_immersion]

I love the green .. the wife does not so I stopped .. now, someone would pay for this ... so, all the authorities need to do is wait for a dead body ... say within 24-48h however, the guy might give them about 1wk to come up with the money (highly unlikely) ...

it is amazing what you can learn from hollywood movies

[Charisma Veteran]

Surf's up?

[zeta_immersion]

^could not hear you through this smoke ... yeahhh!!! ... copper pipes are so green!

[Original Poster]

?3,628,738.96 GBP to be exact if anyone is interested lol

[-Alex-]

?3,628,738.96 GBP to be exact if anyone is interested lol

Uhwut?

[Hum]

^ He was converting USD to England's money, the value of the dope.

[Glassed Silver]

?3,628,738.96 GBP to be exact if anyone is interested lol

Why don't you convert to some real money?

Can you say gold? :laugh:

*pulling a Paul*

Glassed Silver:mac

[-Alex-]

^ He was converting USD to England's money, the value of the dope.

$3.6m != ?3.6m

[xiralos]

This is quite common. I catch this activity while listening to radio communications from the CBP and USCG. They often smuggle aliens and narco on panga boats coming from Mexican waters.

[CJ33]

what is the point of posting articles like this here at neowin?

[techbeck]

So thats where it went....

[Growled Member]

Somehow I just knew this belonged to someone at Neowin. :D

[srbeen]

I don't follow the math. Maybe someone can help.

7623lb of pot, valued at 3600000.

lets divide,

3,600,000.00 / 7623 = $472

So that works out to a smidgen above what it usually goes for in Jamaica... around here, it'd HAVE a street value over $15 million.

what am I missing? was there 5000LB of packing on them?

dum-de-doo.. time to move to california

[lameb]

oh the things i would do if i found 4 tons of green gold i would smoke the hell out of that ****!

[NoneAvail]

Mexico cartels traffic mostly coke and meth.

The cartel does deal with marijuana also, but not as much as they do with coke and meth. I've been watching too much Border Wars...

oh the things i would do if i found 4 tons of green gold i would smoke the hell out of that ****!

Hell nah, I don't smoke it. But know a whole bunch of people that do, I'd sell everything in a heartbeat for a real good price.

[Original Poster]

$3.6m != ?3.6m

i know but it is the same in both currency anyway 10 a gram