Thread: Border Patrol says two more Mexican surfers caught with pot

Border Patrol says two more Mexican surfers caught with pot on board

Two more Mexican surfers have been caught trying to smuggle marijuana into the U.S. by riding the waves, the Border Patrol said today.

The two were caught late Thursday night off Imperial Beach with 141 pounds of marijuana attached to a surfboard. They were paddling their own boards and towing the pot-laden board, officials said.

After agents spotted the pair, a helicopter put a high-power searchlight on them about 200 yards off the coast. The men, ages 27 and 30, admitted being Mexican nationals trying to enter the U.S. illegally, the Border Patrol said. The pot was valued at $84,600.

A similar arrest was made June 7: a 30-year-old Mexican national attempting to smuggle marijuana on his surfboard.

-- Tony Perry

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... board.html

It's all the new wave in dope smuggling. :P