Drug Smuggling Boat Found Off San Mateo County Coastline: ICE

Authorities arrested three people Sunday morning along a remote area of the San Mateo County coast in connection with a boat suspected of smuggling drugs.

The three suspects, whose identities have not been released, were allegedly connected to a panga boat that landed at Ano Nuevo State Park in unincorporated San Mateo County, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman James Schwab.

A U.S. Coast Guard crew noticed the boat before it landed and had been tracking it. Coast Guard officials then alerted ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents and San Mateo County sheriff's deputies, Schwab said.

Authorities responded to the area and arrested the trio connected to the boat. Schwab did not elaborate on what kind of narcotics the boat may have been carrying or the quantity.

The investigation remains ongoing, according to Schwab.

– By Bay City News Service / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone