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Australian soldiers conduct an amphibious landing in a LARC-V during military exercises in 2013. This is the same type of vehicle used by the New River marijuana smugglers to bring 17,000 pounds of marijuana ashore.

On December 6, 1977, a car pulled past the conspicuous “No Trespassing” and “Beware of Dog” signs at the perimeter of Arthur Allen’s oceanside ranch, about ten miles south of Bandon. Three men got out and approached the house.

Allen, who had obviously been watching them approach, promptly emerged from the house and ordered them off the property.

New River

The New River, south of Bandon – the scene of what was, in 1978, the biggest drug bust in Oregon history.

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The Bureau of Land Management’s New River Nature Center now stands near the spot where the attempted smuggling operation was undertaken.

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