An Indian and two other immigrants living in British Columbia, Canada built a sophisticated $1 million tunnel extending from the Canadian province to Lynden, Washington in the United States for the purposes of smuggling marijuana, but were caught before they really even got started. Francis Devandra Raj and his two accomplices were charged with conspiracy to import and distribute marijuana after U.S. and Canadian officials monitored the construction of the tunnel for six months and arrested the trio during after the first use of the tunnel. The 360-foot tunnel, called the first subterranean passage between the U.S. and Canada, ran from a shed on Raj’s property to a house owned by NRIs Raman and Kusum Patel, who currently don’t live in the house and haven’t been arrested.

The tunnel was quite remarkable - it included lights, ventilation, and reinforcements, not unlike a mining tunnel.

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