More than half-ton of pot intercepted at Point Dume

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Federal authorities seized an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 pounds of marijuana Saturday morning from a smuggling boat beached in Pirate’s Cove and arrested three men, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security official told the Los Angeles Times Saturday. A search near Cliffside Drive for a fourth suspected smuggler was called off Saturday morning. The open fishing vessel from Mexico called a panga boat was spotted in Pirate’s Cove at Point Dume around 1 a.m. Saturday morning, Homeland Security spokeswoman Lori K. Haley said. Border Patrol Agents and deputies from the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station were the first to respond to the scene.