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Montana man dies while saving daughter off Maui

A 46-year-old Montana man died Tuesday after he jumped into the ocean to save his 15-year-old daughter after she was washed away by a large wave, Maui firefighters said.

The girl was swept away at about 12:30 p.m. while standing near the water at the Olivine Pools in Kahakuloa, said Maui Fire Department spokesman Edward Taomoto.

The man, a visitor from Whitefish, Mont., jumped into the ocean and got his daughter back to a rocky cliff where other people used towels to pull the girl up the ledge.

When the people on shore looked back to the man, he was floating facedown. He died at the scene.

It was the 16th ocean-related death on Maui this year.

Search warrant nets cache of drugs and guns in Hilo

Big Island police arrested a man and a woman after discovering a large quantity of crystal methamphetamine and several guns at a Hilo address over the weekend.

Keola Batalona, 35, and a 28-year-old woman, both of Hilo, were arrested Saturday after police served a search warrant at an address on Piihonua Road.

Officers recovered 575.9 grams of crystal methamphetamine, or “ice,” 9.7 grams of cocaine, 104 grams of dried processed marijuana, 11 firearms, ammunition and associated drug paraphernalia. Police estimated the street value of the recovered drugs at about $89,400.

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