Drug smugglers tunnel under US-Mexico border

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<p> Customs officials are investigating after two tunnels used to smuggle drugs from Mexico into the US were discovered. </p><p> The cross-border tunnels - housed in warehouses in San Diego's Otay Mesa industrial area - were used to smuggle huge amounts of marijuana from Tijuana, Mexico. </p><p> They run for about 2,000 feet (600 metres) and were equipped with rail car, lighting and ventilation systems. </p><p> According to US authorities, both were the work of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, headed by that country's most-wanted drug lord, Joaquin El Chapo Guzman. </p><p> The discoveries produced some of the largest marijuana seizures in the United States. </p><p> Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Tim Durst said: To an extent this is somewhat of a cat and mouse game. As long as there's demand for the supply of drugs in the United States then the drug smuggling organisations will continue to find a way to smuggle drugs into the United States. </p><p> He added: They're looking to find new ways to move drugs and we're looking to find the ways that they're moving drugs. Their hope is they get a tunnel completed, they can move a lot of drugs into the United States and get a good return on their investment. </p><p> Our hope is we find tunnels or the boats or whatever next they're next going to before they get a return on their investment. </p>