The U.S. Coast Guard halted two illegal vessels near Newport Beach and San Pedro earlier this week, officials said Friday.
A Los Angeles-Long Beach Coast Guard crew responded to a 76-foot craft operating as an illegal charter in Newport Beach Monday with 14 passengers aboard and to a 35-foot craft operating in San Pedro as an illegal charter with seven passengers aboard Tuesday, according to a statement from Coast Guard officials.
The crew found the following violations for the first vessel:
— Not having a valid Certificate of Inspection;
— Failure to have a properly licensed master on an inspected small passenger vessel.
The crew found the following violations for the second vessel:
— Not having a valid Certificate of Inspection;
— Failure to have a properly licensed master on an inspected small passenger vessel;
— Failure to have a random drug testing program.
More information on the coast guard can be found at www.news.uscg.mil/.