Harbour patrols received tips offs about floating bales 13 miles off shore. The Coast Guard, Orange County Sherriff’s Department and the US Border Patrol retrieved the floating bales of weed which are said to have a street value of $3.6million.
Bales of such lucrative content can often be found in the ocean when those trying to smuggle them across the border find themselves face to face with the authorities, and so they dump the incriminating cargo.
