San Diego drug tunnel had railcar, tons of pot

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ELLIOT SPAGAT

SAN DIEGO (AP) - A sophisticated cross-border tunnel equipped with a rail system, ventilation and fluorescent lighting has been shut down by U.S. and Mexican officials - the second discovery of a major underground drug passage in San Diego this month, authorities said Friday.

The tunnel found Thursday is 2,200 feet long - more than seven football fields - and runs from the kitchen of a home in Tijuana, Mexico, to two warehouses in San Diego's Otay Mesa industrial district, said Mike Unzueta, head of investigations at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Diego.

In Mexico, the tunnel's cinderblock-lined entry dropped 80 to 90 feet to a wood-lined floor, Unzueta said. From the U.S. side, there was a stairway leading to a room about 50 feet underground that was full of marijuana.

"It's a lot like how the ancient Egyptians buried the kings and queens," Unzueta said.

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[Iggo]

1. Legalize it. (n/t)

[FreakinDJ]

2. Then we wouldn't need to import it

we grow better shit up north

[Tunkamerica]

3. Nancy Botwin at it again.

[Duer 157099]

4. Musta been plan "D" n/t

[Ian David]

5. We should make them complete the tunnel between NJ and NY. n/t

[GaltFreeDiet]

6. HYDRA!!!!

Cut off one head and two more grow in it's place!

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