U.S. Coast Guard halts 2 illegal charter vessels

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.

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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/ .

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