Boat found with $1 million in pot

HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. (AP) - An abandoned boat carrying about 1,100 pounds of marijuana drifted ashore on a Treasure Coast island.

A Hutchinson Island resident called the U.S. Coast Guard Tuesday morning, thinking the drifting 33-foot boat might be experiencing some engine trouble. But as the vessel came close to shore, she told authorities that a man jumped out and ran away.

St. Lucie County deputies and federal officials searched the boat and found the neatly packaged drugs, with an estimated value of more than $1 million.

Authorities were stopping people as the left the island Tuesday, but U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say no arrests had been made.

The investigation continues.