Man tried floating from Mexico to US on bag of marijuana

A man was arrested off the coast of San Diego trying to swim into the US using a duffle bag full of marijuana as a floatation device.

US Border Patrol Agents arrested the unidentified man on Sept. 19 after spotting him approximately 600 yards from shore just north of the U.S./Mexico border.



The swimmer was floating on a duffle bag holding more than $23,000 in illegal drugs. Inside the bag, federal agents said they found seven bundles of marijuana weighing more than 50 pounds.

The man, described as a 55-year-old Mexican citizen, was taken into custody.

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