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Boat Chase Ends with Seizure of More than'¯$2 Million Off the Coast of Puerto
Rico

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   Law enforcement officials are trying to identify the people who dumped
   more than $2 million overboard during a boat chase off the coast of
   Puerto Rico.

   U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the money was found Monday in
   bags, near the popular tourist island of Vieques, just east of Puerto
   Rico's main island.

   Last July, customs police seized more than $3 million dollars from an
   abandoned boat off the coast of Puerto Rico.

   Customs and Drug Enforcement agents spotted the boat heading toward the
   U.S. Virgin Islands with no lights, whenit abruptlyturned back to
   Puerto Rico, where police followed the boat and found people unloading
   duffel bags.

   The unidentified people on theboat fledwhen police arrived, leaving
   their cargo.

   Both seizureshavesimilaritiesto drug trafficking activity.

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