Drug tunnel discovered along Arizona-Mexico border in Nogales


Associated Press - December 20, 2007 3:04 PM ET

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities in Nogales discovered a cross-border tunnel that was being used to smuggle marijuana into the U.S. from Mexico.

The tunnel was found after Nogales police officers noticed a strong odor of marijuana coming from a house near a border crossing on Tuesday,.

No one was home when officers knocked on the door, so they called a special sheriff's anti-drug task force, which obtained a search warrant.

Authorities found 110 bundles of marijuana in the house and a tunnel entrance hidden behind a stove. The tunnel led to a nearby wash in Mexico, and more marijuana was found in a tunnel storage room.

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