Stuck in sand, smugglers bail on 1,000 pounds of pot

[Jesus Malverde]

Deputies from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office seized around 1,000 pounds of marijuana — a haul likely worth well over $1 million — from an abandoned SUV on a beach south of Half Moon Bay Monday, officials said.

The vehicle, a white Chevy SUV, was discovered stuck in the sand on Pescadero State Beach around 8:30 a.m. along with a 30-foot panga-style boat thought to be the original means of transportation for the pot, said Department of Homeland Security spokesman Andrew Munoz.

Authorities believe the smugglers were offloading the marijuana from the boat to the SUV when the SUV got stuck in the sand — and had to be abandoned.

Sheriff’s deputies from the narcotics task force, state parks police and Homeland Security agents locked down the beach and seized 42 bales of marijuana, weighing 25 to 30 pounds each, Munoz said.

http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2014/05/12/stuck-in-sand-smugglers-bail-on-1000-pounds-of-pot/

[justabob]

1. wtf?

That story is bizarre. Why would they abandon the boat and the pot? Throw that shit back on the boat and sail away. Instead, they hoofed it away from the scene leaving *everything* there?!

[Jesus Malverde]

2. Yep the cost of doing business when things go south.

I suspect they have more where that came from.

[justabob]

3. yeah, I know but

it seems like there were alternatives here.... they weren't chased off the beach by cops, you know? I get it that there are other logistical problems but the article just struck me as weird.

[L0oniX]

4. Maybe they got high.