U.S. authorities unearth smuggling tunnel under B.C. border

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[Happy2BMe]

U.S. authorities unearth smuggling tunnel under B.C. border

SEATTLE (AP) - U.S. government agents have shut down a drug-smuggling tunnel built under the Canadian border near Lynden, Wash., a government source said Wednesday.

Authorities had been monitoring construction of the tunnel for eight months and sealed it Wednesday, shortly after it opened, making three to five arrests in the process, said the source, a government employee who had been briefed by local law-enforcement officials.

The exact length of the tunnel was not known. It ran from a building on the Canadian side to a house on the U.S. side, 90 metres from the border, the source said.

The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because the news had not yet been made public; a news release was expected Thursday morning.

Emily Langlie, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle, declined comment, as did Michael Milne, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The source said the investigation was handled largely by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI, which did not immediately return a call seeking comment Wednesday.

[Happy2BMe]

The exact length of the tunnel was not known. It ran from a building on the Canadian side to a house on the U.S. side, 90 metres from the border, the source said.

[BladeLWS]

Where'd they put all the dirt?

[Happy2BMe]

And up north . .

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U.S. government agents have shut down a drug-smuggling tunnel built under the Canadian border near Lynden, Wash.

[Happy2BMe]

Down the toilet?

[CondorFlight]

Ah, maybe the N. Koreans, who are adept at building tunnels to invade the south, have been giving lessons to the Canadians!

[Happy2BMe]

Don't laugh. The dope probably came from Mexico to Alaska then back through Canada through said tunnel.

(HINT: If they dug one, there are more.)

[cripplecreek]

If you think about it tunneling under our northern border doesn't make a lot of sense. The Canadian border is way more porus than our southern border.

Just seems like tha hard way of doing it.

[Cultural Jihad]

Authorities had been monitoring construction of the tunnel for eight months and sealed it Wednesday, shortly after it opened, making three to five arrests in the process, said the source . . .

Watch the perps try to claim that the government should have stopped them from committing smuggling crimes.

[Happy2BMe]

The contraband sells for a lot more up north than the contraband coming from the South - more money in that market perhaps.

[ConservativeMan55]

It ran for office and became a Senator in Mass.

[A CA Guy]

Busted, great work.

[chief_bigfoot]

"Where'd they put all the dirt?"

"Authorities had been monitoring construction of the tunnel for eight months"

My guess would be that it wasn't someplace that was concealed very well....I can imagine the cops sitting in a surveillance van watching this pile of dirt grow.

[B4Ranch]

Not in my view. Why didn't they allow drugs to be shipped through the tunnel until they had a solid view of the supplier and receivers, then bust all of them?

At this point they don't even know who financed digging the tunnel.

[CedarDave]

Posted here with a slightly different title:

Secret tunnel across Canadian border found

[balrog666]

They don't have 4-wheel drive in Canada? Or do they get lost in the woods at night?

[A CA Guy]

They busted several people, and all the had was an exit end to the tunnel, so without Canadian approval, American authorities couldn't follow these idiots back through Canada to their cell.

[virgil]

Are they sure it was just drugs that was smuggled?

[A CA Guy]

Not sure, there might have also been some talking points that were directed toward Hillary Clinton to expedite Democrats new socialized medicine plan for America.

[MediaMole]

The builders didn't think to smuggle the dirt out in their pockets and dump it as they walked around?

Word is that the mastermind is getting 30 days in the cooler.

[Dane]

When will tom tancredo make his obligatory media stop?

Oh wait a minute, this is the Canadian border, nevermind.