'Massive Tunnel' Found From Mexico Into U.S. With $25M in Drugs, 6 Arrested

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'Massive Tunnel' Found From Mexico Into U.S. With $25M in Drugs, 6 Arrested
Jake Thomas - Yesterday 11:53 PM

Federal law enforcement officials have uncovered an elaborate tunnel they say was used to smuggle just under a ton of cocaine from Mexico to a southern California warehouse.


 The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California on Monday announced the discovery of the underground passageway as well as charges for six people allegedly involved in a drug trafficking ring. Prosecutors say this isn't the first illicit tunnel they've discovered as law enforcement has been on the lookout for efforts by drug smugglers to evade customs by burrowing underground.

Federal prosecutors say the tunnel is about 1,744 feet long and connects Tijuana, Mexico, to a warehouse in San Diego that's just east of the Port of Entry. At 61 feet deep and 4 feet in diameter, prosecutors said the tunnel has reinforced walls, a rail system, electricity and even a ventilation system.
 
"The San Diego law enforcement community has multiple investigative task forces that highly prioritize tunnel detection," Homeland Security Investigations San Diego Special Agent in Charge Chad Plantz said in a statement.

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Feds find major drug-smuggling tunnel at US-Mexican border

By 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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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/05/17/drug-smuggling-tunnel-shut-down-at-us-mexican-border/

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Looks like rails on the floor, for rollin', rollin', rollin along...