In case some may have forgotten, marijuana is still illegal in some areas and trafficking it to and out the country is definitely not excluded from that. Mexican authorities discovered a cross-border drug tunnel spanning from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego, Calif., where they confiscated at least 10 tons of marijuana. The way it was structured was actually highly impressive to be honest, unbelievable actually. Read more to see how it all went down
It seems like lately everyone’s been holding L’s with the way they’ve been handling their marijuana, but I don’t really know whether too look down on this or admire it’s execution. Authorities said the tunnel, 9 feet deep and about 2,600 feet long with approximately three-quarters of it in Tijuana, and that’s not even it, it featured a rail car system with a well-constructed tunnel that had featured metal beams to hold the tunnel and had light! It was intended to smuggle drugs from a warehouse in Tijuana to one in San Diego. It sounds like it was all lit until things went sour, once the authorities discovered the tunnel they thought it’d be “fun” to surprise the suspects. The region is largely controlled by Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, whose leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped from a maximum-security prison in Mexico in July through an elaborate tunnel, but they can’t confirm any of his or his cartel’s involvement. The detainees, ages 21 to 50, were captured when authorities surprised them at the Tijuana warehouse with a search warrant. According to police, they found the drugs wrapped in 873 plastic and tape covered packages! Mexican authorities did say through a press release about the tunnel, that they had detained 16 people on suspicion of drug trafficking. However it’s unknown which drug trafficking organization may have even constructed the tunnel and whether or not it had been effectively used to transport drugs. Either way, clearly the tunnel is finished for good, sucks, they seemed like they worked so hard on it too.
Source: NY Daily News
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