Nearly $30 million worth of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana and fentanyl was seized after a smuggling tunnel that runs from Tijuana to Otay Mesa in San Diego was found, federal officials said
Nearly $30 million worth of drugs was seized after a cross-border tunnel that runs from Tijuana to Otay Mesa was found last month, federal officials said Tuesday.
Agents searched the Otay Mesa warehouse where the tunnel ends after obtaining a federal warrant and seized about 1,300 pounds of cocaine, 86 pounds of methamphetamine, 17 pounds of heroin, 3,000 pounds of marijuana and more than 2 pounds of fentanyl inside the tunnel, officials said. “I’m proud of the excellent work performed by Homeland Security Investigations agents, as well as U.S. Border Patrol and Drug Enforcement Administration agents as integrated partners of the San Diego Tunnel Task Force. Their tenacity made the difference in shutting down this tunnel,” Cardell T. Morant, acting special agent in charge of HSI San Diego, said in a statement.
“If cartels keep spending millions of dollars building tunnels, we will keep finding and filling them,” Brewer said in a statement. “This time, we seized a jaw-dropping $30 million worth of dangerous drugs that aren’t going to reach the streets.
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