Officers find border drug tunnel in Nogales
Federal
authorities shut down a completed drug smuggling tunnel on Tuesday,
Dec. 17, 2013, in the backyard shed of a Nogales residence, following a
multi-agency investigation by the Nogales Tunnel Task Force. Courtesy
U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement
A completed drug tunnel was found Tuesday night in the backyard shed of a Nogales house.
A tip led officers from the Nogales Tunnel Task Force to a house about a half mile north of the Arizona-Sonora border where they found the entrance to the tunnel in a backyard shed, according to a news release from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which heads the multi-agency taskforce.
The crude, hand-dug tunnel is about 52 feet long and about two feet wide. It is about three feet tall and has wood shoring. No people or drugs were found inside the tunnel. However, authorities claim they seized eight pounds of heroin, three pounds of marijuana and U.S. currency from inside the house. Information on criminal charges in the case was not immediately available.
A tip led officers from the Nogales Tunnel Task Force to a house about a half mile north of the Arizona-Sonora border where they found the entrance to the tunnel in a backyard shed, according to a news release from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which heads the multi-agency taskforce.
The crude, hand-dug tunnel is about 52 feet long and about two feet wide. It is about three feet tall and has wood shoring. No people or drugs were found inside the tunnel. However, authorities claim they seized eight pounds of heroin, three pounds of marijuana and U.S. currency from inside the house. Information on criminal charges in the case was not immediately available.
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