Federal agents in California have uncovered the "most sophisticated" drug tunnel in years, the latest discovery in what an official said had become a "major phenomenon" in the war on drugs.
A spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to give details on the tunnel which ran from Tijuana to San Diego but said, "When we talk about a sophisticated tunnel, we're talking about tunnels that have some type of reinforcement in them and a lot of work has been put into them to help them smuggle the drugs in an easier way.
"In the past we have found tunnels that have railways and lighting and ventilation and all kinds of different scenarios and this is one of the most sophisticated that we have discovered perhaps ever, but definitely at least in the last five years," ICE spokesperson Lauren Mack said.
The tunnel was discovered by San Diego's Tunnel Task Force in cooperation with Mexican authorities, Mack said. The task force, whose sole job is to uncover drug smuggling tunnels, is made up of agents from ICE, Customs and Border Protection and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
More than 70 tunnels have been discovered by federal authorities since October 2008, according to a report by The Associated Press, which first reported the new find.
Last month there were a couple of high profile drug bust netting billions of dollars worth of drugs. That's not a typo, billions with a "B". At the time I thought a drought would be coming soon. Well an informal survey of all the hustlers I know, shows that drought never came. The implications of that are simple, there are so much drugs coming across the border that even taking tons of it out of circulation, hasn't put a dent in the supply. Think about that, while you think about how much money our nation spends and has spent, on the so called "War On Drugs". Not to beat a dead horse...
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