US authorities announced the discovery of the longest smuggling tunnel ever found on the Southwest border, stretching more than 1 kilometre from an industrial site in Tijuana, Mexico, to the San Diego area. READ MORE:* Banking boss sent to prison, fined $88m over Picasso smuggling fiasco* Man in Sri Lanka caught smuggling 200 scorpions in his carry-on luggage* Cigarette smuggling operation brought 28 million smokes into NZAP This undated photo provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration shows what is believed to be the longest smuggling tunnel between Mexico and the US. The newly discovered tunnel is about 1.68m tall and 0.61m wide and runs at an average depth of 21.3m below the surface, officials said. ELLIOT SPAGAT/AP A covered access point leading to a smuggling tunnel is seen on the USside of the border wall in San Diego. An incomplete offshoot of the tunnel that extended 1090m suggested to authorities that smugglers had plugged an initial exit point and were building another.

Source: Stuff January 30, 2020 05:15 UTC