Drug Tunnels on the Rise
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The discovery of 2 drug tunnels along the Arizona-Mexico border in less than two weeks has federal authorities concerned that smugglers are increasingly turning to the underground method.
The Arizona Republic reports that agents in the Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector found eight tunnels through the end of July. That’s three more than the same period last year.
The eight tunnels don’t include the two tunnels found in the past two weeks.
The most recent discovery came last week when law enforcement officials called to a house in Douglas in southeastern Arizona found a large hole in the floor of 1 room and mounds of dirt piled high in other rooms.
The hole was the opening of a tunnel that drug smugglers were burrowing from Arizona to Mexico.
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