INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
authorities on Monday announced the discovery of a major drug smuggling tunnel & running about the length of a six football fields & from
Mexico to a warehouse in an industrial area in the U.S.The secret passage from Tijuana to San Diego featured rail and ventilation systems,
electricity and reinforced walls, The Associated Press reported.It was discovered near San Diego&s Otay Mesa border crossing in an area
where more than a dozen other sophisticated tunnels have been found in the last two decades.U.S
authorities said it was unknown how long the tunnel had been operating and what amount of drugs, if any, got through undetected
They seized 799 kg of cocaine, 75 kg of meth and 1.6 kg of heroin in connection with the investigation, AP reported.The tunnel is in one of
the most fortified stretches of the border, illustrating the limitations of border walls
While considered effective against small, crudely built tunnels called &gopher holes,& walls are no match for more sophisticated passages
that run deeper underground.After staking out a home that was recently used to stash drugs, officials began making traffic stops of vehicles
that had been there or at a warehouse near the border, turning up boxes full of cocaine, according to a federal criminal complaint filed in
San Diego.They raided the properties — finding no other drugs at the warehouse, but a tunnel opening carved into the cement floor, federal
prosecutors said.Authorities have found about 15 sophisticated tunnels on California&s border with Mexico since 2006.The post Big
cross-border tunnel found linking Tijuana to San Diego first appeared on Ariana News.
