Drug smuggling boat washes ashore in Beverly Beach

By Observer Staff
| 4:00 a.m. September 24, 2012

Several bricks of marijuana sit on the beach near the capsized boat, under watch of officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.

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An apparent drug smuggling boat that capsized offshore of Jacksonville earlier this month floated onto a sandbar near Beverly Beach Sunday afternoon with some 150 pounds of marijuana aboard.

Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies responded to 2995 North A1A around 4:11 p.m. in response to a report of a capsized boat offshore with marijuana bails floating to shore.

Deputies contacted the United States Coast Guard and were informed that the boat had capsized Sept. 2 offshore of Jacksonville. The boat had been checked by the Coast Guard, who deteremined no one was on board. The boat has no markings or registration.

The 30-foot, twin engine boat apparently broke free and drifted south where it lodged on a sandbar about 50-feet from shore near Beverly Beach Camptown. The marijuana bails began washing ashore Sunday afternoon and were retrieved by deputies.

The Florida Wildife Commisson was contacted regarding the boat.

For more information, see Wednesday's paper.