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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/drug-haul-seized-after-tunnel-found.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A task force agent lowers himself into a cross-border tunnel that authorities say was used as an underground drug passage (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-drug-haul-seized-after-tunnel-found.jpg" alt="A task force agent lowers himself into a cross-border tunnel that authorities say was used as an underground drug passage (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>US authorities seized a huge haul of marijuana after the discovery of a cross-border tunnel equipped with a railway cart.</p>
<p>The tunnel was 2,200 feet long and ran from the kitchen of a home in Tijuana, Mexico, to two warehouses in San Diego&#8217;s Otay Mesa industrial district, said Mike Unzueta, head of investigations at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Diego, California.</p>
<p>The Mexican entry featured a shaft lined with blocks and a rail system for drugs to be carried on a small cart, Mr Unzueta said. The tunnel had fluorescent lighting and a ventilation system.</p>
<p>Two men, both believed to be US citizens, were arrested in the US on Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to smuggle and distribute drugs. The Mexican military raided a ranch in Mexico and made five arrests in connection with the tunnel.</p>
<p>US authorities followed a trailer from one of the warehouses to a Border Patrol checkpoint in Temecula, where they seized 27,600lbs of marijuana, Mr Unzueta said. The driver, whose name was not released, was arrested, along with another driver who went to a residence in suburban El Cajon that had 13,500 dollars in cash inside.</p>
<p>&#8220;That (trailer) was literally filled top to bottom, front to back,&#8221; Mr Unzueta said. &#8220;There wasn&#8217;t any room for anything else in that tractor-trailer but air.&#8221;</p>
<p>An estimated three to four tons of marijuana was found in a &#8220;subterranean room&#8221; and elsewhere in the tunnel on the US side. Mexican authorities believe they seized another three to four tons in Mexico, potentially bringing the total to about 21 tons.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, agents made one of the largest marijuana seizures in the US when they confiscated 20 tons of marijuana they said was smuggled through another cross-border tunnel.</p>
<p>Mr Unzueta said both tunnels are believed to be the work of Mexico&#8217;s Sinaloa cartel, headed by the country&#8217;s most-wanted drug lord, Joaquin &#8220;El Chapo&#8221; Guzman.</p>
<p>&#8220;We think ultimately they are controlled by the same overall cartel but that the tunnels were being managed and run independently by different cells operating within the same organisation,&#8221; Mr Unzueta said.</p>
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