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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Pot tunnel leading from Mexico is found in Nogales

By Dale Quinn

ARIZONA DAILY STAR

Authorities in Nogales, Ariz., found a tunnel Tuesday that had been used to smuggle marijuana from Mexico into the United States, Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada said.

The tunnel was found after Nogales police noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from a house near the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry, Estrada said.

Officers knocked on the door, but no one was home. So they contacted the Santa Cruz County Metro Task Force and got a search warrant to raid the house, Estrada said.

Inside, authorities found 110 bundles of marijuana and, tucked behind a stove, they found a tunnel that stretched into a nearby wash in Mexico, Estrada said. Investigators found more marijuana in a storage area inside the tunnel, Estrada said.

U.S. authorities seized 1,390 pounds of marijuana, he said.

Mexican authorities were notified, and they found more marijuana, some crude digging instruments and a wheelbarrow on that side of the border, Estrada said. He didn't know how much marijuana Mexican officials seized.

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