SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard Maritime Security and Safety Team Honolulu (MSST) crew members interdicted eight suspected aliens aboard a 25-foot panga-style vessel, approximately 4 miles off the coast of Point Loma, Thursday morning.
At approximately 1 a.m., Coast Guard Sector San Diego received a report from Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations of a suspicious vessel traveling north across the Maritime Boundary Line and directed MSST Honolulu to intercept.
The MSST Honolulu boatcrew interdicted the vessel and found eight aliens aboard. The vessel was reported to have six adults and two unaccompanied minors.
The Coast Guard crew transferred all eight individuals to Imperial Beach Border Patrol at Ballast Point.
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