The entrance to a drug trafficking tunnel that extends beneath the US and Mexico border was discovered beneath a home in Naco, Arizona.
The entrance to a drug trafficking tunnel that extends beneath the US and Mexico border was discovered inside a home in Naco, Arizona.
Its finding is connected to a traffic stop turned drug bust that occurred in nearby Bisbee.
Authorities were tipped off to a truck that would be transporting a large quantity of drugs through the area.
In addition to locating it and the 3 million dollars worth of marijuana nestled inside, police also came upon an unspecified cause to search the Naco home.
An inspection of a garden shed on the property revealed the underground tunnel to Mexico.
As far as such passageways go, this one is said to be a particularly sophisticated one.
The shaft is reinforced with concrete and contains a hydraulic lift.
As for the tunnel itself, it’s said t