DEA discovers 2,000ft smuggling tunnel between Tijuana and San Diego and 4,000 pounds of drugs worth $29million
A 2,000-foot underground tunnel connecting Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, and a massive haul of drugs worth $29.6million was discovered, the Drug Enforcement Agency revealed on Tuesday.
The DEA said agents on the San Diego Tunnel Task Force made the tunnel discovery March 19 before reaching out to Mexican authorities for additional support.
The tunnel was built by a transnational cartel and extended from Tijuana, Mexico, to the Otay Mesa area of San Diego.
Federal investigators said the underground passageway is at least 31 feet underground and almost three feet wide throughout its trajectory.
The DEA confiscated almost 3,000 pounds of marijuana, 1,300 pounds of cocaine, 86 pounds of methamphetamine, 17 pounds of heroin and two pounds of fentanyl.
It is the first time in San Diego's history that five different types of narcotics were found inside a tunnel.
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