Panga boat leaves 16 undocumented immigrants on OC shore

DANA POINT, Calif. (KABC) -- Sixteen suspected undocumented immigrants are in federal custody, after being rescued by the harbor patrol in Dana Point.

The group was dropped off by a panga boat around 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

Several crews from the Coast Guard and the Orange County Sheriff's Department responded to the scene.

Authorities were not able to locate the boat that dropped them off.