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さすが映画の国・アメリカです。「ここまでやるか」というような話が、7月21日付けの「サンフランシスコ・クロニクル」に掲載されていましたので、転用します。
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FBIは21日、シアトルから約145km北のカナダ国境沿いに住む男達５人を、マリファナ密輸の罪で逮捕したと発表した。
彼らは何と、自宅の応接間の地下からカナダまで約110ｍものトンネルを掘り、それを使ってマリファナを密輸していたのだ。
トンネルの中は、木材やコンクリート、それに金属棒などを使ってしっかりと作られており、おまけに照明や通風装置までも備え付けられていたという。
トンネルの高さと幅は、共に約１m30cmで、地上から約1ｍー3ｍの地下に掘られており、この上には高速道路が通っているという。
ジョン・マッケイ検事は、彼らがトンネルを掘っている様子を６ヶ月間監視し続けていたと言っている。
多数の地下トンネルは、アメリカとメキシコ国境では発見されているが、カナダとの国境では、これが初めて。
7月2日にFBIの捜査官がこの家を訪れ、トンネルの中を調べ、カメラや盗聴器を仕掛けておいたらしい。
カナダ国籍の３人の男たちも同罪で、20日に逮捕されている。
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/21/national/a094838D40.DTL
Feds Bust U.S.-Canada Smuggling Tunnel
By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Federal agents have shut down an elaborate, 360-foot drug-smuggling tunnel dug underneath the U.S.-Canadian border — the first such passageway discovered along the nation's northern edge, officials said Thursday.
Five people were arrested on marijuana trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney John McKay said in this border town about 90 miles north of Seattle.
The tunnel ran from a quonset hut on the Canadian side and ended under the living room of a home on the U.S. side, 300 feet from the border. Built with lumber, concrete and metal reinforcing bars, it was equipped with lights and ventilation, and ran underneath a highway.
The passageway was 3 1/2 to 4 feet high and wide, and ran anywhere from 3 to 10 feet below ground, authorities said.
"They were smart enough to build a sophisticated tunnel. They weren't smart enough to not get caught," McKay said.
McKay said authorities had been monitoring construction of the tunnel for six months and sealed it shortly after it opened Wednesday.
Although numerous smuggling tunnels have been found on the U.S.-Mexican border, this was the first discovered along the border with Canada, McKay said. Canadian authorities learned of the tunnel in February and alerted U.S. officials.
Francis Devandra Raj, 30; Timothy Woo, 34; and Johnathan Valenzuela, 27, of Surrey, British Columbia, were arrested Wednesday. They were charged with conspiracy to import and distribute marijuana. Raj owns the property under the quonset hut, authorities said.
On July 16, two other people were arrested separately in Washington state for transporting marijuana that had come through the tunnel, said Greg Gassett, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent.
One was a woman who authorities said had 93 pounds of marijuana in her vehicle when she was stopped. The other was a man pulled over with 110 pounds of the drug.
On July 2, agents entered the home on the U.S. side to examine the tunnel. They later installed cameras and listening devices in the home.
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