Federal and local authorities are still reportedly on the hunt for several people connected to a seizure of more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana off the Santa Barbara County coast in California Friday. NBC LA reports 18 people have so far been arrested in connection with the attempted smuggling operation involving a small fishing boat and a truck, but others were able to elude police on foot. The California National Guard reportedly first spotted nearly 24 people unloading bales of what it believed was marijuana from a so-called "panga" boat at Arroya Quemada Beach early Friday morning. When sheriff's deputies descended, the smugglers high-tailed it from the scene, with some of the alleged conspirators hiding on the beach

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