SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents found what they are calling a “highly sophisticated” cross-border drug smuggling tunnel.
According to CBP’s press release, Border Patrol agents discovered the tunnel as it was actively under construction. They entered the tunnel, which ran under a part of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, to investigate further.
“When agents made the first entry into the tunnel, they encountered multiple makeshift barricades,” the release states. “These barricades were placed haphazardly by the tunnel workers in an apparent effort to impede agents’ southbound progress and the eventual identification of the tunnel’s origin.”…