Four Charged After Suspected Cartel Tunnel Found Beneath Store Near Otay Mesa Border Crossing
Investigators say the 55-foot-deep passage moved more than a ton of cocaine and may have been run by the Jalisco New Generation cartel.
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Massive secret tunnel used to smuggle $45 million worth of cocaine into California, prosecutors allege
Underneath an Otay Mesa Buy 4 Less lay a nearly 2,000-foot-long, 55-foot-deep tunnel used to smuggle cocaine from Mexico to California, prosecutors say.
Four charged in connection with cross-border tunnel into fake Otay Mesa store
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) - A nearly 2,000-foot-long tunnel stretching from Tijuana to Otay Mesa was recently discovered by law enforcement officials, leading to federal drug distribution charges announced today against four people. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the tunnel led into a fake store in Otay Mesa called "Buy 4 Less," which investigators
4 charged in connection with cross-border tunnel leading to fake Otay Mesa store
A nearly 2,000-foot-long tunnel stretching from Tijuana to Otay Mesa was recently discovered by law enforcement officials, leading to federal drug distribution charges announced Monday against four people. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the tunnel led into a fake store in Otay Mesa called “Buy 4 Less,” which investigators have been surveilling since December “due to suspicious activity.” Investigators regularly saw a group of supposed …
US uncovers Mexico-California drug tunnel, seizes $45 million worth of cocaine
Washington, June 2 (IANS) Federal investigators have uncovered a sophisticated underground tunnel stretching from Mexico into Southern California and seized more than a tonne of cocaine worth an estimated $45 million, dealing what authorities described as a major blow to a powerful Mexican drug cartel. Four people have been charged in the case following a months-long surveillance operation that exposed the hidden smuggling route beneath a suppos…
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