Also, SU law students help inner-city Syracuse students administer justice to their peers, and Oneida County executive wants investigation into election procedures.
View full sizeJohn Morton (left), director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, inspects a bundle of marijuana with Joe Garcia, assistant agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations, at a warehouse along the border between the United States and Mexico where 30 tons of marijuana was seized Wednesday. A 600-yard tunnel that led to Mexico was discovered in the warehouse. From ABC News:
The Drug Enforcement Administration says it has busted a significant cross-border, drug-smuggling tunnel and netted about 30 tons of marijuana seized at two warehouses in the United States and Mexico, two days after California voters shot down a proposition to legalize the personal use of marijuana.
Claiming another victory in the cat-and-mouse games played by drug smugglers along the Mexican border, the DEA and San Diego Tunnel Task Force said today the operation is one of the largest seizures to date involving drug-smuggling tunnels.
DEA officials said they believe the tunnel had been completed recently and may have been in operation for about a month.
» Read the story: DEA Says Cross Border Drug Tunnel Bust Yields 30 Tons of Marijuana [ABC News]
» U.S. Authorities Uncover Major Cross-Border Drug Smuggling Tunnel [Fox News]
» Tunnel had rails to carry marijuana [The Sydney Morning Herald]
» San Diego's underground railroad [The Washington Post]
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» Syracuse University law students help inner-city Syracuse students administer justice to peers [The Daily Orange]
» Slow results cause Oneida County executive to call for investigation into election procedures [Utica Observer-Dispatch]
» Syracuse's Mayor Stephanie Miner speaks to retired professionals [centralny.ynn.com]
» Hurricane Tomas threatens fragile Haiti [USA Today]
» Jefferson County promises to set aside $5 million for assisted-living project [Watertown Daily Times]
» Despite peak number of international students, Syracuse University campus lacks integration [The Daily Orange]
» Port Dickinson woman greeted with $680,000 water bill [pressconnects.com]
» Qantas grounds Airbus A380 fleet after engine cover falls off plane [CNN World]
» Crows making parts of Syracuse look like Hitchcock movie [CNYcentral.com]