cannabisnews.com: New Tunnel Found in Nogales, 3 Held New Tunnel Found in Nogales, 3 Held Posted by FoM on May 19, 2000 at 07:58:55 PT By Associated Press Source: Arizona Central A hand-dug tunnel found Tuesday night connects the Nogales Wash with an abandoned store about a mile north of the border. Authorities suspect it was used to smuggle marijuana. Investigators in Nogales discovered a cross-border tunnel they suspect was used to smuggle marijuana into the United States, the fourth such find in less than 18 months. The hand-dug tunnel found Tuesday night connects the Nogales Wash, which cuts across the border, with an abandoned store about a mile north of the border, Santa Cruz County sheriff's Lt. Raul Rodriguez said. "We're becoming experts on this," he said. The wash, linked with storm drains that have several U.S. outlets, is used frequently by smugglers and illegal immigrants. In October, authorities found a drug tunnel linking a vacant house and one of the wash's storm drains. Two others in adjacent homes had been found in January 1999. Those three were within six blocks of the one found Tuesday. Authorities said they became suspicious earlier when they saw three men moving two armoires and a hope chest, all wrapped in plastic, from the long-vacant store to a flatbed truck. Officers stopped the truck found 541 pounds of marijuana in 45 packets inside the furniture Sheriff Tony Estrada said Wednesday. The driver was arrested, as well as two men in an accompanying car. The entrance to the tunnel was found in a back room of the store, beneath a sleeping bag and a plywood board. Felipe Humberto Solis Medina, 24, Genaro Lopez Rivas, 26, and Jesus Garcia Hurtado, 27, all of Nogales, Sonora, were jailed in lieu of $40,000 bail each. Tuscon, ArizonaPubished: May 19, 2000Copyright 2000, Arizona Central Arizona's Border War: A Losing Battlehttp://azcentral.com/news/drugwar/day1.shtmlArizona's Talking About ... Drug War http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread4466.shtmlA Losing Drug War http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread4337.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #1 posted by observer on May 19, 2000 at 17:41:12 PT Police Win War On Drugs with this Victory! A hand-dug tunnel found Tuesday night connects the Nogales Wash with an abandoned store about a mile north of the border. Authorities suspect it was used to smuggle marijuana.Good work men! I'm sure that should just about cut off the flow of marijuana to Our Children. Well, that's that. I guess we can all stand a little taller today, knowing that dopers are finally denied their drugs. I'm sure those druggies will now all become Republicans/Democrats, now that this crippling blow has been struck against the Forces of Darkness. And I doubt that others will be again tempted to ever supply these illict plant leaves (which can be grown anywhere and are worth more than gold), once they learn of this victory in the War on Drugs.Well, either that will happen ... or nobody will notice that this tunnel is not used to smuggle marijuana any longer and it will be business as usual for anyone who wishes to buy marijuana, the sellers, the police, the wardens, the bureaucrats, the DEA, the ONDCP and everyone else. One or the other will happen, I'm sure. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: