Rhondasway said:
All right, now I'm really mad!
It wasn't bad enough when one of our own opened his mouth about the treasured Goeduck, showing outsiders one of our most exquisite pleasures, er, I mean treasures .
Now this story has revealed our best-kept secret to the entire country!
The gall-dang property prices are gonna go through the roof!
Todays news report: N. Y. Daily News- July 22-2005:
Lynden, Wash. - Federal adgents shut down an elaborate, 360-foot tunnel dug under a highway along the U. S. -Canadian border- the first illegal passageway discovered along the nations northern edge.
the tunnel runs from the living room of a home on the Washington state side, 300 feet from the border, to a hut on the Canadian side near Aldergrove,British Columbia.
Equipped with lights and ventilation, the corridor was built with concrete, metal reinforcing bars and lumber. It's atleast 3 1/2 feet high and wide, and ran about 3 to 10 feet below ground, authorities said.
"They were smart to build a sophisticated tunnel. They weren't smart enough to not get caught," U. S. Attorney John McKay said.
Five people were arrested on marijuana trafficking charges, including the man who owns the property under the hut. One man was nabbed with 110 pounds of marijuana, and a woman was busted carrying 93 pounds of pot, authorities said.
Authorities said they've been monitoring the construction of the tunnel for six months and sealed it shortly after it opened Wednesday.
"It was well built, probably one of the most sophisticated tunnels we've ever seen," said U. S. Drug Enforcement agent Rod Benson.
There was a significant drug trafficking organization that was responsible for the construction," he said.
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.
Anything else we need to know that goes on up there fellas?:-laf :-laf