DUPLANTIER, District Judge.
After an evidentiary hearing, the court denied defendants' motion to suppress as evidence approximately fifteen tons of marijuana seized by Coast Guard personnel from the fish hold of a fishing vessel being operated by the three defendants.
At approximately 1:00 A.M. on June 20, 1979, a boarding party from the Coast Guard cutter "Point Sal" boarded the fishing boat "Seaman Blues" at a point about 43 miles from the Louisiana shore...
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