The entrance of a “narcotics tunnel” was found at a home in Tijuana and was used to discretely cross the U.S.-Mexico border to carry out acts of organized crimes and other illicit activities, authorities in Mexico said.
Mexico and U.S. authorities have discovered a nearly 1,800-foot tunnel used to smuggle drugs from a home in Tijuana, Mexico, to a warehouse in Otay Mesa south of San Diego, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Monday.
The sophisticated drug tunnel, which utilized a railing system, steel shoring and an electric and ventilation system, was first discovered on May 14 and U.S. authorities were quickly alerted, Mexican authorities said.The tunnel was connected to warehouse 300 feet north of the U.S.-Mexico border and just east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman said.
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