Drug smuggling suspicion leads to arrests

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Reports of three men being arrested Tuesday night for attempting to smuggle drugs onto a Malibu beach have been confirmed by the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s station. Sgt. Stephanie Shrout said Los Angeles County lifeguards alerted the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s station of a suspicious boat just off the Latigo Beach shore Tuesday at 10:30 p.m. After confirming that it was a panga boat, Sheriff Deputies notified the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Following a failed attempt to escape, the suspects who have been identified as adult male Hispanics, were arrested near Point Dume. Authorities were able to recover the panga boat as well as 80 20 lb. bales of marijuana. Stay tuned to The Malibu Times for further on this story.