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Bundles of drugs found off Carlsbad coast

A search is underway in Carlsbad after a boat washed ashore with drug packages found floating in the water nearby.

CARLSBAD (NEWS 8) - An unsettling discovery in Carlsbad Friday after a small boat carrying drugs washed ashore.
    
Border patrol agents received a call around 5 a.m. Friday about a boat near the jetty.

Someone discovered the panga boat washed ashore near Carlsbad Boulevard and Tamarack Avenue.

When agents arrived on scene, the boat was abandon and several bales of drugs were found inside the boat, on the rocks and floating in the water.

It was reported that five people may have been on board the boat at one time. Law enforcement launched a search for those people.

A man was taken into custody, according to authorities.

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