Tons of pot found floating off Southern Calif.

May 21 2012

Associated Press & Editors of BizarreStuff

DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — Three and a half tons of marijuana have been found floating in the ocean off Southern California.

A boater spotted 160 bales of pot around noon Sunday about 15 miles off the coast of Dana Point. Orange County authorities and the Coast Guard sent boats to gather up the pot and turn it over to the U.S. Border Patrol.  It is likely the crew members of the boats took a significant portion of the seized pot home with them and the original spotter may have provisioned herself adequately before turning the stuff over to cops.

Authorities say it's unclear who dumped the pot, which together weighs about 7,000 pounds and has an estimated street value of $3 million.

Authorities also say there was no boat in sight and they didn't get any distress calls from a vessel.