A white warehouse building in southern California hid a sophisticated drug smuggling tunnel that traffickers used to transport tons of marijuana from Mexico into the United States. When they discovered the tunnel, investigators on both sides of the border seized more than 14.5 tons of marijuana. Authorities said the drugs had a street value of more than $25 million. From the floor of the San Diego warehouse, authorities found a 3-foot-wide tunnel that stretched the length of four football fields and was equipped with structural supports, electricity and ventilation. Highway troopers also found 3 tons of marijuana packed into boxes inside a cargo truck that they stopped after it left the San Diego warehouse. That discovery allowed agents to obtain a warrant to enter the warehouse, the statement said, where they recovered 6.5 additional tons of marijuana. Mexican authorities later seized at least 5 tons of marijuana from a warehouse in Tijuana, Mexico, on the other end of the tunnel.
The ceasing of importation of illegal drugs is slim to none because illegal drugs are in very high demand. The drug business is a very high-paying and top drug dealers can make millions of dollars in a short amount of time. It can look very tempting to those who need may need extra money, such as police officers, to take part in drug related activities. Sometimes people are forced into the distribution of illegal drugs or they will get killed. The demand for illegal drugs will not go down unless people stop using them; it has little to with the supplier. Every drug dealer can get arrested today and the consumers will find a way to get their product.
5 comments:
It is ridiculous how much marijuana they found in just one tunnel! Honestly there are probably even more tunnels that have not been found yet. But i agree that it is hard to catch these acts because the authorities will get involved and sometimes help because yes the drug business brings in a lot of money!
You continue to hear stories like this one, because the demand for drugs is incredible. I agree that no matter how many tunnels or warehouses you find, the problem will continue to exist until there is no longer a demand for it. It is profitable both here and abroad, and the ease of making profit is appealing to a lot of people, mostly from the lower class.
I did the same article and it really surprised me that there were also 70 other tunnels found since 2008. I also agree that the officals need to get involved but can't due to their ties in order to get money. I read that they U.S uses Mexican informants, such as bribing crimnals, in order to catch the cartels and believe it or not, the cartels have actually gotten smaller.
Wow I wonder how in the h-e- double hockey sticks all this marijuana was found in these tunnels! This is just getting worse and worse by the minute!
This is crazy! There is probably much more than what they have found. With having crooked cops, it is hard to believe this war on drugs will ever cease.
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