Steff Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060126/ap_on_.../border_tunnels SAN DIEGO - Authorities said they discovered more than 2 tons of marijuana in a cross-border tunnel that began near the Tijuana airport and ended inside a warehouse on the U.S. side. The 2,400-feet long passageway is longer than most of the 21 cross-border tunnels that have been discovered since authorities began keeping track after the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said. "It was like being in a cavern or a cave," said Michael Unzueta, customs special agent in charge in San Diego. The tunnel's discovery prompted the U.S. Attorney's office in San Diego to open a criminal investigation, said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Mexican authorities found the entrance about 100 yards south of the border on Tuesday, and officers on the U.S. side found the exit Wednesday. Mexican officials allowed reporters and photographers, including an Associated Press photographer, into the tunnel late Wednesday. The tunnel was about five feet wide and high enough for an adult to stand inside, had a cement floor, and lights mounted on one of the hard soil walls. It was equipped with a pulley system on the Mexican side. Four tunnels have been discovered this month in the Tijuana-San Diego area, including more primitive tunnel that was also found Wednesday when a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle struck a sinkhole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 In related news, San Diego has seen a 3000% increase in sales of Doritos and deliveries of pizzas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I'm impressed they were able to give it a concrete floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 There WAS more in that tunnel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosMediasBlancas Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Got em? smoke em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 QUOTE(Steff @ Jan 26, 2006 -> 11:55 AM) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060126/ap_on_.../border_tunnels SAN DIEGO - Authorities said they discovered more than 2 tons of marijuana in a cross-border tunnel that began near the Tijuana airport and ended inside a warehouse on the U.S. side. The 2,400-feet long passageway is longer than most of the 21 cross-border tunnels that have been discovered since authorities began keeping track after the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said. "It was like being in a cavern or a cave," said Michael Unzueta, customs special agent in charge in San Diego. The tunnel's discovery prompted the U.S. Attorney's office in San Diego to open a criminal investigation, said Lauren Mack, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Mexican authorities found the entrance about 100 yards south of the border on Tuesday, and officers on the U.S. side found the exit Wednesday. Mexican officials allowed reporters and photographers, including an Associated Press photographer, into the tunnel late Wednesday. The tunnel was about five feet wide and high enough for an adult to stand inside, had a cement floor, and lights mounted on one of the hard soil walls. It was equipped with a pulley system on the Mexican side. Four tunnels have been discovered this month in the Tijuana-San Diego area, including more primitive tunnel that was also found Wednesday when a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle struck a sinkhole. It was on its way to Leon Lett. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukeEm Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Horacio better have a damn good excuse this time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 if the OC has taught me anything its that smoking pot will make you not want to go to college...and i agree srsly i'm in college and NOBODy smokes pot OMG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSH2005 Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Enhancement Smoker: "You ever see the back of a twenty dollar bill... on weed?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Honda Civic Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Nate Newton just got out of jail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 This is an International Humanitarian effort to help those needs Americans strucken by glacoma. God Bless Them. Ask a city to build a tunnel like that and it would take years, tangled in red tape. What a fine example of private industry, ingenuity, and perserverance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sec159row2 Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 somewhat sarcastic.. somewhat serious... is there any similarity to the way this tunnel was built to the tunnels they find in Gaza that terrorists use to smuggle weapons? other than being underground are there features, ie. concrete floors/ pully systems, that could prove arab builders/diggers??? maybe the drugs were just a diversionary tactic??? and squads of bad guys are streaming into the USA??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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