The search was launched after an overturned outrigger kayak was found about 500 yards west of the Mission Bay entrance channel. The kayak appeared to be new and was broken in half, a Coast Guard statement said. It belonged to a man who had departed Mission Bay around 11:45 a.m., officials said.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche crew offloaded over 37,000 pounds of cocaine in San Diego on Thursday, with an estimated street value exceeding $275 million, military officials noted in a press release.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - A major drug bust in San Diego as the US Coast Guard offloaded more than $275 million worth of illegal cocaine. The crew of Cutter Waseche seized 37,256 pounds of cocaine on Thursday.