http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/26/mexico.tunnel/index.html
<B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Authorities have found what they call the largest and most sophisticated tunnel running into the United States along the Mexican border.[/B]
The tunnel contained 2 tons of marijuana, stacked in bales, according to a statement issued by the Justice Department.
DEA and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents discovered the tunnel Wednesday night. It runs from Tijuana, Mexico, to Otay Mesa, California. (Watch scenes from the Tijuana pot tunnel -- 1:40)
Officials said the tunnel is about seven-tenths of a mile (1,148 meters) or more than 1,200 yards long. Initial reports said it is 5 feet high and 3.5 feet wide.
<B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Authorities have found what they call the largest and most sophisticated tunnel running into the United States along the Mexican border.[/B]
The tunnel contained 2 tons of marijuana, stacked in bales, according to a statement issued by the Justice Department.
DEA and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents discovered the tunnel Wednesday night. It runs from Tijuana, Mexico, to Otay Mesa, California. (Watch scenes from the Tijuana pot tunnel -- 1:40)
Officials said the tunnel is about seven-tenths of a mile (1,148 meters) or more than 1,200 yards long. Initial reports said it is 5 feet high and 3.5 feet wide.