Incomplete Tunnel Found Near Tijuana Airport
POSTED: 7:47 am PST November 8, 2009
UPDATED: 7:55 am PST November 8, 2009
SAN DIEGO -- Mexican authorities found an incomplete border tunnel near Tijuana's airport, arrested about 15 people and seized roughly 275 pounds of pot, it was reported Sunday.The entrance to the tunnel was found Saturday in a house near the border fence just west of the Tijuana airport, and Mexican soldiers arrested six people, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.The six-foot-high tunnel was about 400 feet long but still nearly 500 feet short of reaching the United States, according to Mexican authorities.The investigation also led the seizure of pot and building supplies in Colonia 20 de Noviembre, where seven other men and two women were arrested.
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