BROWNSVILLE, Texas - While on a law enforcement patrol in the Brownsville shipping channel March 9, 2009, the crew of a Coast Guard 41-foot utility boat from Station South Padre Island discovered two undocumented migrants and 240 pounds of marijuana on a small raft that was being paddled across the waterway.
The raft had one man, along with several bales of marijuana, onboard and another man was in the water attempting to push the raft across the channel. The two men were safely taken into custody onboard the utility boat.
Custody of the undocumented migrants, the contraband and the raft was transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
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