{"id":22207,"date":"2022-05-17T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=22207"},"modified":"2022-05-17T12:35:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:35:02","slug":"huge-drugs-tunnel-connecting-us-and-mexico-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/05\/17\/huge-drugs-tunnel-connecting-us-and-mexico-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge drugs tunnel connecting US and Mexico found"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A huge drugs tunnel has been found running from Tijuana in Mexico to a warehouse in San Diego in the US.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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With a length of 1,744ft (531m), the passage had a rail track, electricity and a ventilation system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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US authorities had been carrying out surveillance at a property previously used as a stash house for smuggling cocaine when they made the discovery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They seized cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. Six people are being held on drug-trafficking charges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A similar tunnel to this (but much longer) was discovered in 2020<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California said the tunnel was 61ft (18m) deep and 4ft (1m) in diameter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prosecutors say that before the discovery, officers saw several vehicles come and go from the property in Tijuana and the warehouse on Friday 13 May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They were then stopped and searched, the drugs were seized and arrests were made.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When officers entered the warehouse, the cross-border tunnel exit point was found carved out of the floor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A rail track runs through the tunnel<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The attorney’s office said 1,762lb (799kg) of cocaine, 164lb (74kg) of methamphetamine and 3.5lb (1.5kg) of heroin had been seized.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The suspects, aged between 31 and 55, could face a life sentence in prison and a $1m fine if found guilty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“There is no more light at the end of this narco-tunnel,” said US Attorney Randy Grossman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“We will take down every subterranean smuggling route we find to keep illicit drugs from reaching our streets and destroying our families and communities.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The last tunnel found in California was in 2020<\/a>. That one is also the longest to date, measuring 4,309ft (1,313m) in length. Since 1993, 90 of these types of secret passage have been discovered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Drugs<\/span>A picture of the drugs seized during this investigation (Image: Reuters)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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