Massive tunnel discovered between Mexico and California contained $22 million of cocaine, marijuana

(CNN)A drug-trafficking tunnel nearly half a mile long underneath the California-Mexico border was discovered by federal agents, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday.

Two tons of cocaine and seven tons of marijuana, worth nearly $22 million, were seized by federal agents who believe this to be the "longest cross-border tunnel ever discovered."

Federal officials say the tunnel stretches from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico to Otay Mesa, about 500 yards north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

The 800-yard tunnel route begins at a house in Tijuana, Mexico, and ends in the Otay Mesa neighborhood of San Diego.

Agents were hot on the tail of the alleged drug traffickers after they noticed a commercial truck deliver an industrial dumpster filled with wood scraps to an outdoor industrial lot; days later, agents discovered this to be an entryway into the tunnel.

The tunnel was furnished with ventilation systems, lights and even a large elevator that led into a closet inside the Tijuana residence, officials said.

The tunnel exit on the U.S. side is a 3-foot-diameter hole that was covered by an industrial dumpster.

"On the surface, few would ever suspect that traffickers were moving multiton quantities of cocaine and marijuana worth tens of millions of dollars in such an unassuming way, through this rabbit hole in the ground, in full view of the world around it," said U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy in the release.

Stormee wrote:I wonder if illegally seized drugz can be put to beneficial commercial use legally or best destroyed?

Ben_Reilly wrote:

(CNN)A drug-trafficking tunnel nearly half a mile long underneath the California-Mexico border was discovered by federal agents, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday.

Two tons of cocaine and seven tons of marijuana, worth nearly $22 million, were seized by federal agents who believe this to be the "longest cross-border tunnel ever discovered."

Federal officials say the tunnel stretches from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico to Otay Mesa, about 500 yards north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

The 800-yard tunnel route begins at a house in Tijuana, Mexico, and ends in the Otay Mesa neighborhood of San Diego.

Agents were hot on the tail of the alleged drug traffickers after they noticed a commercial truck deliver an industrial dumpster filled with wood scraps to an outdoor industrial lot; days later, agents discovered this to be an entryway into the tunnel.

The tunnel was furnished with ventilation systems, lights and even a large elevator that led into a closet inside the Tijuana residence, officials said.

The tunnel exit on the U.S. side is a 3-foot-diameter hole that was covered by an industrial dumpster.

"On the surface, few would ever suspect that traffickers were moving multiton quantities of cocaine and marijuana worth tens of millions of dollars in such an unassuming way, through this rabbit hole in the ground, in full view of the world around it," said U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy in the release.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/20/us/u-s-mexico-drug-tunnel/

Since 2006, 13th large-scale operational drug smuggling tunnels have been discovered along the California border, federal agents said.

4EVER2 wrote:But on the upside; 'Chump-Trumps' massive WALL will be a sure cure for this ---
RIGHT

Original Quill wrote:

4EVER2 wrote:But on the upside; 'Chump-Trumps' massive WALL will be a sure cure for this ---
RIGHT

Unfortunately, it will stop neither the above-ground coyote smuggling, nor the underground type.  The overwhelming majority of illegals enter via normal border-crossing stations, either under some sort of visa or visa-waiver status, thence over-staying their expiration date.  http://www.nationalreview.com/article/424879/visa-overstays-todays-immigration-crisis-mark-krikorian

4EVER2 wrote:

Original Quill wrote:
Unfortunately, it will stop neither the above-ground coyote smuggling, nor the underground type.  The overwhelming majority of illegals enter via normal border-crossing stations, either under some sort of visa or visa-waiver status, thence over-staying their expiration date.  http://www.nationalreview.com/article/424879/visa-overstays-todays-immigration-crisis-mark-krikorian

GOOD GRIEF...I was being my usual sarcastic self...
Get It...sarcasm??? 

Original Quill wrote:

4EVER2 wrote:
GOOD GRIEF...I was being my usual sarcastic self...
Get It...sarcasm??? 

I think it's an important piece of information to get out there: DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO SPEND $25-BILLION FOR A WALL THAT WILL STOP NOTHING AND NO ONE.

Sometimes even sarcasm can provide a platform for exposing a political scam.  Thanks for the opportunity.    

Well, you've got longevity around here that I do not have; but I was going to give the membership the reasonable doubt that NO ONE would buy that insanity that 'Chump-Trump' is spewing   

But perhaps you know better...feel free to 'Spring Board' off of my post any time...now I grasp your methods...