Feds find major drug-smuggling tunnel at US-Mexican borderBy David Propper
May 17, 2022
A sophisticated drug-smuggling tunnel equipped with a rail system and electricity was discovered near the US-Mexico border in California on Friday, authorities said.
The subterranean passage, one-third of a mile long, linked Tijuana to a warehouse near San Diego’s Otay Mesa border, federal officials announced Monday.
The tunnel also had ventilation systems and reinforced walls and is 61-feet deep and 4-feet in diameter.
As part of the bust, 1,762 pounds of cocaine, 164 pounds of meth and 3.5 pounds of heroin were recovered.
Six people were charged with cocaine trafficking, and two of those six were also charged with meth and heroin trafficking, authorities said.
Authorities ultimately uncovered the tunnel after they pulled over vehicles they saw coming and going from a home and the warehouse. During those traffic stops, boxes of drugs were found, prosecutors said.
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