Drug tunnel discovered under U.S.-Mexico border (around 20 tons of marijuana also found) pics

[Kadie]

Drug tunnel discovered under U.S.-Mexico border

AN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities have discovered a drug tunnel connecting warehouses on either side of California's border with Mexico.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lauren Mack says Wednesday that the tunnel ran 600 yards under the border. It had lighting, ventilation and a rail system for sending carts of drugs into the United States.

Mack says authorities also found 20 tons of marijuana near the tunnel, which ended close to California's Otay Mesa port of entry.

Officials have found 125 tunnels since they started recording them in the early 1990s. Of those, 75 have been found in the past four years, most along the California and Arizona border with Mexico.

http://www.cbs47.tv/news/state/story/Drug-tunnel-discovered-under-U-S-Mexico-border/R3eyY3fIl0KeV4-PLysYIg.cspx?rss=154



The opening of a 600 yard tunnel found in a warehouse along the border between the United States and Mexico with 20 tons of marijuana in the warehouse and ten tons in a truck outside Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, in San Diego.


John Morton, left, the Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement points to the opening of a 600 yard tunnel found in a warehouse where 20 tons of marijuana was seized as he talks with Joe Garcia, assistant agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, in San Diego.


John Morton, left, the Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement inspects a bundle of marijuana with Joe Garcia, assistant agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations, at a warehouse along the border between the United States and Mexico where 15 tons of marijuana was seized Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, in San Diego. A 600 yard tunnel was discovered in the warehouse.


Federal authorities look into the back of a truck where 10 tons of marijuana were found along with 15 tons found in a warehouse along the border between the United States and Mexico Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, in San Diego. A 600 yard tunnel was also found in the warehouse.

[Demeter]

1. Why don't they run illegals through there?

Two income streams for the price of one...

[RainDog]

2. 30 tons. and you know someone else has another tunnel, and another one is being dug

and the foolishness continues.

the one they had on Weeds last season was bigger...

[alittlelark]

3. 'Weeds'

Season 3?

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

8. That was the first thing I thought of too. I love that show. n/t

[UTUSN]

4. Supply-Demand: If U.S. didn't DEMAND there wouldn't be SUPPLY. Plus,

any more wingut HYSTERIA to spread around about the SOUTHERN BORDER?!1 All the 9-11 terrorists were SAUDIs and crossed at the NORTHERN border.


But, let's continue to sensationalize the SOUTHERN border. It really helps the Minutemen/T-Baggers/assorted-Wingnuts and whatever. Thanks for helping.

[Rex]

5. It is amazing to me how Little Big Men can feel so 'victorious' in

a war created by themselves and run by their paymasters! Fools and their War on Drugs! Pfft.

[phasma ex machina]

6. Only 30 tons. LOL. What happened to the other 70? nt

[Historic NY]

7. I'd flood it to see what flushes out on the other side....