BIT OF A DOWNER; Drug smugglers spend a year digging 360ft tunnel ..then cops go down and arrest them.Byline: From RYAN PARRY US Correspondent in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of STUNNED drug smugglers were arrested by police after spending a year building an elaborate tunnel under a border. It was dug to dodge guards as the five men moved lucrative ecstasy and marijuana into America. Canadian border guards tipped off police after spotting dirt coming out of a boarded up hut as construction materials were taken in. Officers watched for six months before swooping to discover the 10ft deep 360ft long tunnel linking the hut in Aldergrove, British Columbia Aldergrove is a small town within the jurisdiction of the The Township of Langley, a municipality within the Greater Vancouver Regional District. Located at the southeastern edge of both Langley and Greater Vancouver, and nearby to the metropolitan area of Abbotsford, British to an empty house in Lynden, Washington Lynden is a town in Whatcom County in the Northwestern section of Washington state. Lynden is approximately five miles south of the US-Canadian border. The Lynden-Aldergrove (Langley, BC) port of entry hours of operation are from 8am to midnight. - complete with electricity, ventilation and transport cart. US Attorney John McKay said: "The criminals were smart enough to build a sophisticated tunnel but not smart enough to avoid being caught." CAPTION(S): TRANSPORT: Cart found in tunnel; BUST: Cop inside tunnel |
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