Day/date: March 22, 1988



                              RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: Drug Arrests
Log number: 88-41
Date/time of incident: 3/13        Date/time received: 3/22, 7 am
Park: Organ Pipe Cactus   Location: Puerto Blanco
Reported by: Herb Gercke, RAD, WRO
Received by: Bill Halainen, RAD, WASO

Summary:
During a traffic stop on a late model van for fee violations, a ranger's
suspicions were aroused regarding the vehicle's contents. The van was put
under surveillance, and Border Patrol and Customs officers stopped it just as
it was leaving the park for Tucson. Investigation revealed that the van
contained 667 pounds of marijuana, which had been loaded on board while the
vehicle was in the park. The marijuana had been carried over the border from
Mexico into the park.

Persons involved:
Name                                 Address             DOB or age
                               *** Not given ****




                              RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: Follow-up on Marine Artifact Pilferage Case
Log number: 88-43
Date/time of incident: 10/4/87      Date/time received: 3/22/88
Park: Channel Islands    Location: Park waters
Reported by: Herb Gercke, RAD, WRO
Received by: Bill Halainen, RAD, WASO

Summary:
On October 4, 1987, National Marine Fishery Service agents, Santa Barbara
Sheriff's Office deputies and park rangers boarded the dive vessel Vision and
found hundreds of artifacts which had been removed from the wrecks of the
Winfield Scott and the Golden Horn, both of which are within park boundaries.
As a result of the subsequent interview of the 25 divers and crew members on
board the Vision, about 30 cases were referred to state and Federal courts for
prosecution on both civil and criminal charges. The information on the
illegal collecting which provided the probable cause to board the ship had
been gathered by two rangers who had worked undercover on the Vision for
almost four days.

The Office of the General Counsel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration has since assessed the following civil penalties for violation
of sanctuary regulations by damaging or removing artifacts from historic
shipwrecks: $20,000 against the captain and owner of the Vision: $21,000,
$15,000 and $11,000, respectively, against divers P., B. and B.;
fines of $10,000 each against three more divers; fines of $5,000 each against
nine divers; and fines of $1,000 against three divers. The total for all
fines is $146,000.

The defendants must request a hearing or begin payments before March 25th.
Criminal pre-trial hearings are scheduled in both Ventura County and Santa
Barbara County for 16 of the defendants on April 11th. The attorneys for the
defendants are challenging the state penal code section as being
unconstitutionally broad and vague, and are also challenging the state's
authority over shipwrecks.