SANTA BARBARA (KTLA) — Santa Barbara County officials were trying to determine Monday how $4 million in marijuana ended up on a local beach.
The drugs were found next to a boat on Sunday at Arroyo Quemada Beach.
Sheriff’s deputies said they found an estimated 2,000 pounds of marijuana wrapped in plastic bags on the beach.
They also found an abandoned 30-foot panga style boat with more than 20 fuel containers.
Deputies suspect the drugs were hidden in those containers.
This is the second big pot discovery this month in Santa Barbara County.
Earlier this month, an estimated $1 million in marijuana was discovered near a boat that had crashed on a beach near Vandenberg Air Force Base.
6 Comments to “$4 Million in Pot Found on Santa Barbara Beach”
March 18, 2013 at 10:11 AM
Oh, oh..The Cartel is gonna go muy loco on somebody.
March 18, 2013 at 1:08 PM
yup lotsa p&$# off people, this just drives the price up, and will lead to even more attempts to smuggle more pot. Ya gotta love the war on drugs, it employs a lot of people on both sides of the fence
March 18, 2013 at 1:12 PM
Just legalize it. Just think of the taxes that shipment would have brought in. State out of the red in 2 years….
March 18, 2013 at 2:25 PM
So much for secure borders!
It could have been a boat full of terrorists with weapons/explosives!
March 18, 2013 at 3:49 PM
Nou! they come with visas via airplane. True Story!
March 18, 2013 at 4:39 PM
This is just a decoy for the meth and heroin on the other panga boat.