Pounds of drugs were offloaded Monday from a speed boat at Haulover Marina as police caught two people and are searching for two more who may have been involved.
Police boats and helicopters were circling the area near a gated community in Bal Harbour amid reports that four people on board the boat ditched the vessel — named El Inmortal — and ran away from police.
The four people on board pulled up the boat to a dock behind a home, abandoned the boat and fled into the gated community, Bal Harbour police said. Marine patrol tried to stop the boat on the water.
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It's unclear how many pounds of drugs were seized. A source at the scene said it appeared to be marijuana.
Various police agencies are investigating, including Customs and Border Patrol and Miami-Dade police, and Bal Harbour police are taking the lead on the investigation.
Police say a man and a woman were caught, but two men are still on the run.
