SAN DIEGO—A nearly 2,000-foot-long tunnel stretching from Tijuana to Otay Mesa was recently discovered by law enforcement officials, leading to federal drug distribution charges announced on June 1 against four people.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the tunnel led into a fake store in Otay Mesa called “Buy 4 Less,” which investigators have been surveilling since December “due to suspicious activity.”
Investigators regularly saw a group of supposed employees in and around the store, though the location “did not appear to be consistent with a normal retail location” and featured “minimal foot traffic from customers coming in and out of the Buy 4 Less store,” according to he U.S. Attorney’s Office….