Local police and lifeguards stopped an 18-foot boat before it reached the shore Thursday morning; all 14 people on board were detained off the coast near Solana Beach.
Local police and lifeguards stopped an 18-foot boat before it reached the shore Thursday morning; all 14 people on board were detained off the coast near Solana Beach.
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At around 3:40 a.m., San Diego lifeguards got a call from the U.S. Coast Guard about a vessel in trouble near the coastline by Sunset Cliffs.
The San Diego Harbor Police Department told the local NBC affiliate that the boat was spotted off the coast of Point Loma around 2:50 a.m.
The boat s captain refused to listen to the Coast Guard s demands and later got the boat stuck near Osprey Point around Sunset Cliffs, USCG Petty Officer Alex Gray told NBC.
The panga boat had 24 people on board, the local Fox affiliate reported. The Coast Guard and San Diego lifeguards confirmed to CBS that this was a human smuggling boat. It is unclear yet where these people are from or where they were heading.