Feds Find $7 Mil in Meth on Boat

The vessel had just arrived from Mexico.

Posted by Penny Arévalo (Editor) , February 25, 2014 at 11:29 AM



Feds found $7 million in meth packed into the hull of a boat in Oceanside Harbor. Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Federal agents seized about $7 million of methamphetamine hidden aboard a 30-foot boat that recently arrived in Oceanside from Mexico, border officials announced today.

Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection made the discovery Friday morning, according to a CBP statement released this morning.


About 540 pounds of the drug were hidden in the hull of the boat and under the floor, officials said.


A 48-year-old man, a California resident and U.S. citizen whose name was withheld, was the lone occupant of the boat. He was taken into custody, officials said.


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