Drug trafficking

Feds Close ‘Highly Sophisticated Smuggling Tunnel; Arrest 22, Seize 12 Tons Of Pot

Agents with the San Diego Tunnel Task Force and Mexican authorities recently shut down the 10th large-scale drug smuggling tunnel discovered in the San Diego area since 2006. In the last five years, federal authorities have detected more than 80 cross-border smuggling tunnels, most of them in California and Arizona.

Described as “one of the longest and most sophisticated smuggling tunnels ever discovered along the US-Mexico border, 12 tons of marijuana were seized and 22 suspects were arrested.

 ... ICE said, “The San Diego Tunnel Task Force began investigating suspicious activity at the Otay Mesa warehouse six months ago. Authorities made the decision to proceed with the takedown after determining the tunnel had been completed. Defendant Silva was taken into custody at the tunnel site, while defendant Enriquez-Acosta was arrested at a nearby hotel.”